Overview
- Defence Secretary John Healey said the government is working to revoke Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s honorary vice-admiral rank at the King’s request, adding ministers will take guidance from the monarch on his medals.
- Buckingham Palace days earlier began a formal process to remove his remaining titles and honors, with official communications restyling him as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
- The Royal Lodge lease has been rescinded and he has been told to leave; multiple outlets report he is set to relocate to a smaller residence on the privately owned Sandringham estate with costs covered privately by the King.
- Media reports say a £558,000 lump-sum linked to an eviction clause may be paid in connection with vacating Royal Lodge, though this figure has not been confirmed by the palace.
- Royal household sources say removing him from the line of succession is not being pursued due to constitutional hurdles; he continues to deny the allegations and previously settled a civil case with Virginia Giuffre in 2022.