Prince Andrew

[kwanfan1818]

He cannot be stripped of his title of Prince. He can be asked to leave the royal grounds entirely, but he has a lease and can refuse legally.

 

[MLIS]

Removing the title of Prince would involve King Charles issuing a new Letters Patent defining who is entitled to be called HRH or Prince/Princess (the current definition of HRH stems from the Letters Patent issued by George V in 1917). I think Charles is unlikely to do that, partly because he is more reluctant to act in general (hoping Andrew will do the right thing on his own?), and because it would open up a can of worms about removing other HRHs (Harry and Meghan for example, who are not supposed to be using their HRHs but did not have them removed, and even people like Beatrice and Eugenie who have, and use, HRHs but live private lives and are not working royals). I fully expect William will issue a new Letters Patent when he becomes king, though, possibly removing the HRH from all but the direct line of succession.

 

[Karen-W]

Removing the title of Prince would involve King Charles issuing a new Letters Patent defining who is entitled to be called HRH or Prince/Princess (the current definition of HRH stems from the Letters Patent issued by George V in 1917). I think Charles is unlikely to do that, partly because he is more reluctant to act in general (hoping Andrew will do the right thing on his own?), and because it would open up a can of worms about removing other HRHs (Harry and Meghan for example, who are not supposed to be using their HRHs but did not have them removed, and even people like Beatrice and Eugenie who have, and use, HRHs but live private lives and are not working royals). I fully expect William will issue a new Letters Patent when he becomes king, though, possibly removing the HRH from all but the direct line of succession.

My expectation is that he will remove the HRH & Prince/Princess style/honor for anyone who is not a working royal. He may clarify that only children & grandchildren of a monarch & their spouses are entitled to the dignity of the HRH-Prince/Princess designation if they choose, as an adult, to enter a life of public service on behalf of the monarchy.

I also think he'll allow anyone who has served the monarchy with honor for their entire lives to retire & retain the HRH-Prince/Princess style - so, the Kents & Gloucesters aren't unceremoniously dumped.

There has been some whispers that he may even apply that same logic to his own children - though I don't know how he would have them then styled - possibly the same way Louise & James have been styled their entire lives? George would, obviously, become Duke of Cornwall upon William's accession, but perhaps Lady Charlotte & Lord Louis? That may be an option - and I could see him extending that to all of his first cousins as well as his nephew & niece as a way of signaling their close descent from a monarch but not putting any onus on them for a public life if they don't want that themselves when they reach adulthood.

 

[skategal]

I feel like I’ve heard this story before. They are going to take titles away from their family members when they are monarch.

But then they become monarch and don’t.

I guess it’s a good bargaining chip to keep the others behaving.

 

[Lynn226]

I feel like I’ve heard this story before. They are going to take titles away from their family members when they are monarch.

But then they become monarch and don’t.

I guess it’s a good bargaining chip to keep the others behaving.

Prince William was mentored by QE2 who buried her head in the sand when it came to Andrew and other problems. It's hard to believe he would be radically different.