82% SAY DITCH ANDREW FROM LINE TO THRONE

A HUGE 82% of the public want Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be cut from the line of succession.

- BY DAVID WILLIAMSON, EMILY FERGUSON and JONATHAN WALKER

As MPs echoed the poll's verdict the government said it would consider changing the law once a police probe into the arrested ex-prince is finished.

He remains eighth in line to the throne, despite being stripped of his titles.

Detectives investigating allegations of misconduct in public office said last night that searches at his former Windsor home will continue until Monday.

The King’s younger brother, who spent most of his 66th birthday on Thursday in custody in Norfolk, has always denied any allegations of wrongdoing over his links to the late paedophile tycoon Jeffrey Epstein.

Pressure is mounting on Sir Keir Starmer to act, with growing calls for Parliament to shut down any chance — however remote - of the disgraced royal ever taking the throne.

MPs from across the political spectrum have demanded decisive action.

A YouGov poll, carried out after Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest at his temporary home on the Sandringham estate, found 82% of the 7,242 adults who were asked want him removed as a potential successor.

Just 6% thought he should stay, while 12% said they did not know.

Charles would not oppose any move to alter the succession in that way but it would require Parliament to pass a law. Any changes would also need the agreement of other nations where he is King, such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

James Murray, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, told Sky News: “The government is considering any further steps that might be required, and we're not ruling anything out.

“But at this stage, it would be inappropriate for us to go any further because there is a live police investigation under way.”

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