King Charles strips politician of his knighthood days after banishing him from the Privy Council
24th July 2026
King Charles has formally stripped former
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson of his
knighthood, just weeks after approving his removal from the Privy
Council. A notice published in The Gazette, the UK’s official
public record, confirms that The King has directed the cancellation
and annulment of the knighthood conferred on Jeffrey Mark Donaldson
in 2016. The…

