{"id":2183067,"date":"2025-12-01T17:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2183067"},"modified":"2025-12-01T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:28:12","slug":"king-strips-andrew-of-garter-and-royal-victorian-order-honours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/king-strips-andrew-of-garter-and-royal-victorian-order-honours\/","title":{"rendered":"King strips Andrew of Garter and Royal Victorian Order honours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The King has officially stripped his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of his prestigious Order of the Garter and Royal Victorian Order honours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Charles directed that Andrew\u2019s titles should be \u201ccancelled and annulled\u201d and his name \u201cerased\u201d from the historic orders\u2019 registers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The disgraced former prince was previously made a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in 2006 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 2011 by his mother the late Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>The Princess Royal, the then-Duke of York, the then-Earl of Wessex, Spain\u2019s King Felipe and Dutch King Willem-Alexander during the annual Order of the Garter Service in 2019 (Peter Nicholls\/PA)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Andrew has already been stripped of his birthright to be a prince and an HRH and had his Duke of York title removed from the Roll of the Peerage by Charles for his \u201cserious lapses of judgment\u201d over his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The entry in The Gazette, the UK\u2019s official public record, on Monday, under the heading Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, read: \u201cTHE KING has directed that the appointment of Andrew Albert Christian Edward MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR to be a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, dated 23 April 2006, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cTHE KING has directed that the appointment of Andrew Albert Christian Edward MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR to be a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, dated 19 February 2011, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The former duke has for many years faced allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage Virginia Giuffre after she was trafficked by Epstein. Andrew strenuously denies the accusations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He paid millions to Ms Giuffre to settle a civil sexual assault claim in 2022.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Andrew with Virginia Giuffre, and Ghislaine Maxwell \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"681\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/xrrvtt4MFVOoCt3GvI9O6w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEwMjI7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/pa_viral_news_uk_120\/4096ac574280fc4f76decdcff5085eef\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Andrew with Virginia Giuffre, and Ghislaine Maxwell (US Department of Justice\/PA)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He stepped down from royal duties in 2019 after his disastrous Newsnight interview, but the publication of Ms Giuffre\u2019s posthumous memoirs, and the US government\u2019s release of documents from Epstein\u2019s estate has brought fresh focus on Andrew in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">American politicians have also criticised the former prince for his \u201csilence\u201d after he missed a deadline last month to respond to their request to sit for an interview about Epstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Order of the Garter is the country\u2019s oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry and the honour is awarded in recognition of public service \u2013 with recipients personally chosen by the monarch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Royal Victorian Order is also in the personal gift of the sovereign and recognises service to the monarch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Andrew remains a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy despite the Government pledging to remove the honorary rank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He is set to move from Royal Lodge in Windsor to the King\u2019s private Sandringham estate in Norfolk at some point in the new year, completing his internal exile.<\/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 uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The King has officially stripped his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of his prestigious Order of the Garter and Royal Victorian Order honours. Charles directed that Andrew\u2019s titles should be \u201ccancelled and annulled\u201d and his name \u201cerased\u201d from the historic orders\u2019 registers. 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