How did the King remove Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s titles?

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Another key event would have been Sir Keir Starmer’s weekly audience with the King. Discussions at these meetings can be “frank” and an opportunity for the monarch to “take the temperature of parliament”, according to Craig Prescott, a constitution specialist at Royal Holloway, University of London. With many MPs planning to call for an act of parliament to remove the titles, it would not have been a comfortable talk.

“They may well have been working on the text of the letters patent in advance, so that they are ready to go when everything else has been sorted,” Prescott said.

As for Andrew’s removal from Royal Lodge, this is more a “property law” issue, Prescott added. Any discussions on this will involve the Crown Estate, which manages royal properties on behalf of the taxpayer. It is understood that Andrew has served his formal notice after negotiations.

Period	31 Oct 2025
Held at	The Times, United Kingdom