Andrew Mountbatten Windsor will be stripped his honorary rank of vice-admiral, Defence Secretary John Healey has confirmed, saying the Government was “working to remove” it.

The rank, which Andrew was awarded on his 55th birthday in 2015, is his last remaining honorary military title.

He handed back the others in 2022 over his connections with the convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. New Feature

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Healey said the Government was being “guided by the decisions and judgments the King has made.”

“In defence, it’s exactly the same,” he said.

“And we’ve seen Andrew surrender the honorary positions he’s had throughout the military, and guided again by the King, we are working now to remove that last remaining title of vice-admiral

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