King Charles III has formally removed the HRH and Prince of his younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
The Gazette has published the notification stating that Andrew no longer holds the ”style, title or attribute” which he had had since his birth in 1960.
The complete notice reads ”The King has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, dated 3 November 2025, to declare that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shall no longer be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of ‘Royal Highness’ and the titular dignity of ‘Prince’.”
Although the Letters Patent were dated November 3, the notice was only published on November 5.
Buckingham Palace announced on October 30 2025 that King Charles would begin proceedings to remove the HRH and Prince from his brother who would henceforth be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
The King also began proceedings to have the title of Duke of York removed from the Roll of the Peerage.
This, too, has now happened with the Gazette publishing another notice on November 5 2025 which read ”The King has been pleased by Warrant under His Royal Sign Manual dated 30 October 2025 to direct His Secretary of State to cause the Duke of York to be removed from the Roll of the Peerage with immediate effect.”
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor had been made Duke of York by Queen Elizabeth II in July 1986 when he married Sarah Ferguson. In early October 2025, he announced he would no longer use the title after further controversy over his relationship with convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019.
However, Andrew’s announcement caused further anger when it was confirmed that he still held the title and had just chosen not to use it any more.
There was fresh debate after it was revealed that he paid no monetary rent on his home at Royal Lodge, a thirty room residence on the Windsor estate that had previously been lived in by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
As it was announced that The King was removing Andrew’s titles, Buckingham Palace also confirmed that the lease on Royal Lodge had been surrendered and that Mr Mountbatten Windsor would be moving.
It’s now understood that his new home will be a private residence on the Sandringham estate which is owned personally by King Charles rather than being part of the Crown Estate, as is the case with Royal Lodge.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was automatically an HRH and Prince from birth under the 1917 Letters Patent issued by King George V which stated that all the children of a Monarch and all the grandchildren of a Monarch in the male line were entitled to be HRH and Prince or Princess.
For that reason, Andrew’s two daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, retain their titles as they are the children of the son of a Monarch.
