Although Prince Andrew has announced that he would no longer be using his titles, he has not been stripped of any titles.
The announcement read, “In discussion with The King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family. I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life. With His Majesty’s agreement, we feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.”
He will continue to be known as Prince Andrew but will not use his titles of Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh.
It is quite unlikely that Prince Andrew will ever be officially stripped of his titles.
There are two separate things to look at: the peerage and the HRH. By birth, Andrew is His Royal Highness the Prince Andrew. On his wedding day, he was granted the Dukedom of York, the Earldom of Inverness, and the Barony of Killyleagh, and assumed the style “His Royal Highness The Duke of York”. The style of HRH and the use of Prince can be removed by Letters Patent, but this has never been done against the will of any royal.
Firstly, a peerage, in this case, the Dukedom of York and its subsidiary titles, cannot be removed unless by Act of Parliament. This has only ever been done once before in modern times. The Titles Deprivation Act 19171 was used to remove the peerages of enemies of the United Kingdom during the First World War. Thus, it seems unlikely that this will happen. In any case, the Dukedom will go extinct upon Prince Andrew’s death as he has no male heir.
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