• Skua@kbin.earth
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    6 days ago

    I do wish that the news would stop calling him ex-Prince or ex-Duke until he actually is one. He just agreed to stop using the titles, he still has them. < Edit: Andrew actually was stripped of said titles in November 2025, though remains in line for the throne. > He’s still in line for the fucking throne. Don’t pretend that the monarchy has done more than it actually has here.

    Also, though, good

    • deHaga@feddit.ukEnglish
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      6 days ago

      What are you on about? He had his titles removed

      He was born 2nd in line, now he’s about 8th in line

      • Skua@kbin.earth
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        6 days ago

        When did that actually happen? Last I saw, he was just agreeing not to use them publically

        He was born 2nd in line, now he’s about 8th in line

        So still in line for the throne. He’s 8th because other people were born ahead of him in the succession, not because the monarchy demoted him or something

          • Skua@kbin.earth
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            6 days ago

            I did. I found the 30th October 2025 statement from the royal family saying they had “initiated a formal process” to do so, and Andrew’s corresponding one agreeing not to publically use the titles, but nothing since. So what am I missing?

            • deHaga@feddit.ukEnglish
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              6 days ago

              On 5 November 2025, the London Gazette included a notice which stated that:

              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”.

              https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10370/