The request to voluntarily relinquish the Freedom of the City of London is a further public embarrassment for the former prince.
The removal of his official titles in October last year was designed to be the ultimate public sanction.
But since then there has been a drip feed of further humiliation.
His name, which had been widely used on buildings, military memorials and schools across the UK and Commonwealth, had in many cases been removed or renamed.
Perhaps the most personally painful for him will the removal of his name from four plaques on the Falklands Islands – from where he returned triumphantly as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot after the Falklands War in 1982.
There is unlikely to be any public response to this latest request to relinquish the Freedom of the City of London.
It all adds to the further isolation of a man stripped of his home, titles and status.
Mountbatten‑Windsor has stayed out of the public eye since moving from Royal Lodge in Windsor in February.
He is now living on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk and is privately funded by his elder brother, the King.
However, he remains eighth in the line of succession to the throne. Removing him would require an Act of Parliament in the UK and the agreement of all 15 Commonwealth realms where the King is head of state.
So far, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have all supported his removal.
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