King wants Andrew to lose final military title, minister says
According to the defense secretary, the Ministry of Defense is working to depose Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's last honorary military rank under the King's leadership. King Charles had indicted that's what he wants,
John Healey said. After giving up his other military service positions in 2022, Andrew, who was stripped of his title as a prince on Thursday, retained his rank as Deputy Admiral in the Royal Navy.
Healey told Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday.This is a move that's right, it's a step the King has suggested we take, and we're working on it at the moment,
Andrew spent decades in public life as a war hero and king, but he has since fallen from grace. The King's younger brother spent 22 years in the Royal Navy and spent as a helicopter pilot during the Falklands War. He also commandeed the mine countermeasures ship HMS Cottesmore. Following months of rumors about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, he lost his last remaining royal titles and privileges this week. Andrew has always denied wrongdoing.
Blow
to Andrew, according to Laura Kuenssberg, royal author and journalist Valentine Low, this new move to lose his last military title would be a blow
on him.
he said. "The King seems to be determined on stealing absolutely everything from his brother. It's a flinty eyed ruthlessness he's displaying.Royals, and especially Andrew, are extremely proud and determined to hold military titles,
Since being accUSed of sexual harassment in a civil lawsuit in the United States, the prince had already recovered his other military titles and royal patronages in 2022 and stopped USing the name His Royal Highness in formally. The prince later settled the case brought against him by Virginia Giuffre, a victim of sex trafficking and violence who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexually assaulting her when she was a child, which the prince has denied consistently. Andrew lost his military titles at the time, including the Grenadier Guards' colonel, which was one of the most senior infantry regiments in the British army. He has also served in several overseas honorary roles, including colonel-in-chief of The Royal Highland Fusiliers Of Canada and colonet-in chief of the Royal New Zealand Logistic Regiment.
