{"id":2130700,"date":"2025-11-02T17:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T17:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2130700"},"modified":"2025-11-02T17:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T17:24:15","slug":"uk-will-strip-disgraced-andrew-of-last-military-position-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/uk-will-strip-disgraced-andrew-of-last-military-position-minister-says\/","title":{"rendered":"UK will strip disgraced Andrew of last military position, minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"primary-gallery\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<div data-testid=\"GalleryDetails\" class=\"primary-gallery-module__detail__smFzD primary-gallery-module__with-caption-padding__V8CAF\">\n<p>Item 1 of 3 Britain&#8217;s Prince Andrew, Duke of York attends the Royal Family&#8217;s Christmas Day service at St. Mary Magdalene&#8217;s church, as the Royals take residence at the Sandringham estate in eastern England, Britain December 25, 2023. 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Britain&#8217;s former prince Andrew is due to be stripped of his last remaining military position as part of King Charles&#8217; decision to remove his brother from public life, the defence minister said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>John Healey told BBC television that moves were underway to take away Andrew&#8217;s position as a vice admiral in the British navy and that Charles had &#8220;indicated that&#8217;s what he wishes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> <!-- -->Sign up<!-- --> <!-- --> <a target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/uk-will-strip-disgraced-andrew-last-military-position-minister-says-2025-11-02\/undefined?location=article-paragraph&amp;redirectUrl=%2Fworld%2Fuk%2Fuk-will-strip-disgraced-andrew-last-military-position-minister-says-2025-11-02%2F\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-2\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__paragraph__Ts-yF\">The king <a target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"Link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/king-charles-strips-brother-andrew-titles-his-home-2025-10-30\/\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC\">last week<\/a> stripped his younger brother of his title of prince and evicted him from his mansion in a bid to prevent further damage to the royal family&#8217;s reputation over Andrew&#8217;s ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This is a move that&#8217;s right, it&#8217;s a move the king has indicated we should take and we&#8217;re working on that at the moment,&#8221; 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