Pressure to strip Duke title rising

KING Charles III and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are both facing calls to introduce a law to strip Prince Andrew of his dukedom.

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Andrew has relinquished his use of the Duke of York title, amid the long-running aftermath of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and the publication today of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoirs.

Formally stripping him of the title would require an Act of Parliament, but Charles is believed to view the largely symbolic move as a waste of parliamentary time and the Government has said it will be guided by the royal family’s views. However, the Westminster leaders of the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru are among MPs calling for legislation.

The SNP’s Stephen Flynn said he would “not sit silent” while the family of Virginia Giuffre and the British public are “angry and aghast”.