{"id":2209346,"date":"2025-12-23T02:06:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T02:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2209346"},"modified":"2025-12-23T02:06:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T02:06:34","slug":"fresh-humiliation-for-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-as-hes-stripped-of-gun-licence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fresh-humiliation-for-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-as-hes-stripped-of-gun-licence\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh humiliation for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as he\u2019s stripped of gun licence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been served up a fresh dose of humiliation, capping off what his beloved mother Queen Elizabeth II may have called an annus horribilis, but others might say was a long awaited comeuppance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This year the disgraced brother of King Charles, who was a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein and features in the notorious Epstein files, was stripped of all his royal titles and honours over his links to the billionaire paedophile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In late October, King Charles censured his younger brother, taking away his \u201cprince\u201d title and ordering him and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson out of the luxurious royal residence Royal Lodge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Now, after a visit to the Lodge by specialist police he has had his gun licence revoked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to The Sun<\/a>, the keen hunter who is a regular at posh shooting parties agreed to give up his licence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It means he will now only be able to use or transport his guns if he is accompanied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHe will be under strict supervision. It is a real blow,\u201d a source told the outlet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It is understood the former prince did not speak to officers directly when they visited his home, instead sending his valet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the UK, gun licences are reviewed regularly and can be revoked if there are public safety fear or if there is a change of circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cOn Wednesday November 19, firearms licensing officers attended an address in Windsor to request that a man in his 60s voluntarily surrender his firearms and shotgun certificate,\u201d a Metropolitan Police spokesperson confirmed to The Sun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe certificate was surrendered, and we will be not be commenting any further at this stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The move on the gun licence came after Met Police probed claims Mr Mountbatten-Windsor had asked a police protection officer to gather information on Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein victim who had accused him of sex abuse. A claim he has always denied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The police probe found no \u201cadditional evidence of criminal acts or misconduct\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Mountbatten-Windsor has been under enormous pressure in 2025, aside from the King\u2019s censure, he is also being sought for him to give evidence to a US congressional committee investigating Epstein.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The former prince has so far ignored a request from members of the House Oversight Committee for a \u201ctranscribed interview\u201d about his \u201clong-standing friendship\u201d with Epstein.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He was also last week, again featured in a trove of photos released as part of the Epstein files. One of those photos, a black and white image, showed the former royal laying across the laps of unidentified women as a smirking convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell looks on from above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It is believed the photo was taken in the saloon room at Sandringham, a royal estate belonging to the King and Queen located in Norfolk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Where does the phrase annus horribilis come from?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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The Latin phrase \u201cannus horribilis\u201d, which translates to \u201chorrible year\u201d, was made famous in a speech by the Queen in late 1992, a year marked by royal scandals and disasters, including then Prince Andrew\u2019s separation from his wife Sarah Ferguson, the divorce of Princess Anne from Captain Mark Phillips and the publication of a book exposing the unhappy marriage then Prince Charles and his wife Diana, the Princess of Wales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There was also a massive fire at Windsor Castle that caused significant damage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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