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Andrew is set to lose rank of vice-admiral

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November 03, 2025

ANDREW Mountbatten Windsor will be stripped of his honorary naval rank of vice-admiral, the Defence Secretary has confirmed.

- CHRISTOPHER MCKEON

John Healey said his department was “working to remove” the rank, which Andrew was awarded on his 55th birthday in 2015. The rank has been his last remaining honorary military title since he handed back the others in 2022 in the row over his connections with the sex offender and financier, Jeffrey Epstein.

Mr Healey told Sky News yesterday: “In general, the Government has been guided by the decisions and judgements the King has made.

“In defence, it’s exactly the same, and we've seen Andrew surrender the honorary positions he has had throughout the military and, guided again by the King, we are working now to remove that last remaining title of vice-admiral that he has,’ he added.

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