{"id":2131013,"date":"2025-11-02T21:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2131013"},"modified":"2025-11-02T21:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:02:07","slug":"former-prince-andrew-set-to-be-stripped-of-military-rank-by-uk-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/former-prince-andrew-set-to-be-stripped-of-military-rank-by-uk-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Former prince Andrew set to be stripped of military rank by UK government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Britain&#8217;s Andrew Mountbatten Windsor will be stripped of his last remaining military position as part of King Charles&#8217;s decision to remove his brother from public life, according to the United Kingdom&#8217;s defence minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">John Healey told the BBC on Sunday, local time, that moves were underway to take away the former British prince&#8217;s position as a vice-admiral in the country&#8217;s navy and that Charles had &#8220;indicated that&#8217;s what he wishes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The king last week stripped his younger brother of his title of prince and <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-11-02\/prince-andrew-windsor-estate-who-lives-where\/105961082\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105961082\">evicted him from his mansion<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" id=\"105963804\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/105963804\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.5\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">King Charles III and Buckingham Palace confirmed in a fiercely-worded statement Andrew would lose his royal title over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<!-- --> <cite>(<span>AP: Joanna Chan<\/span>)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen Andrew surrender the honorary positions he&#8217;s had throughout the military,&#8221; Mr Healey said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Guided again by the king, we are working now to remove that last remaining title of vice-admiral that he has.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#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;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He told the Laura Kuenssberg programme that the government would also be guided by the king on whether Andrew should lose his military medals.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t RelatedCard_relatedCard__4Im5s interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU interactive_hoverContext__LDUDX interactive_defaults__AKxUU\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105963806\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-31\/prince-andrew-loses-titles-royal-lodge-and-dignity\/105955874\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_heading__S_nm2 Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_serif__qU2V5 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Andrew is a prince no more<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Once considered the &#8220;favourite&#8221; son of Queen Elizabeth II, the King&#8217;s brother will now be known only as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, a humiliation for the history books.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The former prince was once feted for his role as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot in the 1982 Falklands War. He retired in 2001 after 22 years of service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Andrew was stripped of his honorary military titles by his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, in 2022 after he was sued by Virginia Giuffre \u2014 Epstein&#8217;s main accuser \u2014 but kept his rank as a vice-admiral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Mountbatten Windsor has always denied that he sexually abused Ms Giuffre, who said in her posthumous memoir published last month that she was trafficked to have sex with him on three occasions, twice when she was just 17.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK LegacyWysiwyg_wysiwyg___2JFa\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" title=\"Read more on this story - Andrew\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/105955898\">\n<h2 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_sizeDesktop20___6qCS Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop24__Fh_y5 Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" data-component=\"Heading\">Read more on this story:<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">On Thursday, Buckingham Palace said in a fiercely-worded statement that &#8220;Prince Andrew will <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-31\/prince-andrew-to-leave-royal-lodge-lose-title\/105955534\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105955534\">now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor<\/a>&#8221; adding &#8220;these censures are deemed necessary&#8221; despite his denial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The king and queen also said their &#8220;utmost sympathies had been, and would remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A friend of the king and Queen Camilla told the Sunday Times: &#8220;That was extraordinary. That&#8217;s the closest you&#8217;ll get to the king and his court passing judgment on his brother.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t RelatedCard_relatedCard__4Im5s interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU interactive_hoverContext__LDUDX interactive_defaults__AKxUU\" data-component=\"RelatedCard\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105963810\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-31\/prince-andrew-fall-from-grace-in-pictures\/105956194\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_heading__S_nm2 Typography_sizeMobile18__eJCIB Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_serif__qU2V5 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Prince Andrew&#8217;s fall from grace in pictures<\/h3>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Prince Andrew has been stripped of his royal titles and removed from the Royal Lodge. Here&#8217;s a photographic timeline of his scandalous downfall.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">British media reported earlier that Andrew had refused to sign off on any statements that referenced the victims since his disastrous BBC Newsnight interview in 2019 in which he defended his ties to Epstein and showed no empathy for the women involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;There has long been a sense from the family that the voices of the victims needed to be heard,&#8221; another friend told the Sunday Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Camilla has long campaigned for the victims of abuse, and there were growing fears among the royal family of the reputational damage of the scandal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In an email released among court documents on Thursday in the US, Andrew wrote to Epstein in 2010 after his release from jail for prostituting minors that he was planning a trip to New York as it would be &#8220;good to catch up in person&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\"><strong>Reuters\/AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.abc.net.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain&#8217;s Andrew Mountbatten Windsor will be stripped of his last remaining military position as part of King Charles&#8217;s decision to remove his brother from public life, according to the United Kingdom&#8217;s defence minister. 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