The British government is pushing legislation to permanently remove the former Prince Andrew from the line of succession.
The move will stop any chance the ex-royal, now simply known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, may one day become King of England.
Political leaders across Britain — from Labour to Conservative to Liberal Democrat — are lining up to deliver another blow in Andrew’s spectacular fall from grace, according to the BBC.
As of now, Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, remains eighth in line to the throne despite being stripped of his titles in October due to his ties to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, explosive connections that have become an escalating thorn in the royal family’s side and culminated in his Thursday arrest.
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Defense Minister Luke Pollard told the BBC that taking Andrew out of the line of succession was the “right thing to do” and that the government had “absolutely” been working with Buckingham Palace to stop the former prince from “potentially being a heartbeat away from the throne.”
The move would require an act of Parliament. The case will then go to King Charles for his approval.
The last time someone was removed from the line of succession by an act of Parliament was in 1936, when King Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. The body made sure neither he nor his descendants could ever undo the decision.
London police arrested Andrew on his 66th birthday on suspicion of misconduct in office following weeks of new revelations about his dealings with the convicted sex offender.
He was released from police custody 11 hours later — “under investigation,” as Thames Valley Police said later in a statement, meaning he has been neither charged nor exonerated.
King Charles III vowed his full support for police, stressing “the law must take its course.”
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