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A Northern Ireland<\/a> council has agreed to rename a street called Prince Andrew Way after the former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.<\/p>\n Mid and East Antrim council decided on Monday to start the \u201clong overdue\u201d process of removing the street\u2019s association with the disgraced royal. It was named Prince Andrew Way in 1986 to mark his wedding to Sarah Ferguson but there were calls to rename it after the stripping of Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s royal titles<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n Councillors unanimously backed a motion from the Alliance party to give a new name to the stretch of shops and businesses in Carrickfergus.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a sad but necessary motion,\u201d said Anna Henry, of the Traditional Unionist Voice party. \u201cRegrettably the alleged actions of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> have made it impossible for this council to continue honouring him in the manner the good people of Mid and East Antrim have done in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n Montbatten-Windsor\u2019s friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, and allegations of sexual assault against him by one of Epstein\u2019s victims, Virginia Giuffre<\/a>, prompted King Charles to remove his titles and honours. The former prince denied Giuffre\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n Unionist parties and Sinn F\u00e9in backed the motion by Lauren Gray, an Alliance councillor. \u201cWith the level of public comment locally, it would seem we are long overdue in looking at what it would take to make this change,\u201d said Gray. She said the street should retain its link to the royal family and suggested it be named after Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n The council\u2019s interim chief executive, Valerie Watts, said changing a street\u2019s name was not straightforward. \u201cResidents absolutely need to be consulted because it can have far-reaching implications for them, such as changing your address for your bank account, credit cards, driver\u2019s licence, utility bills etc. However, it can be done and council do have the power to change street names.\u201d<\/p>\n