Mid and East Antrim Council has agreed to start the process to change the name of a street which was named after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Prince Andrew Way in Carrickfergus was named in 1986 to mark Andrew’s wedding to Sarah Ferguson.

However, the former senior royal has since been disgraced following his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and allegations by the late Virginia Giuffre that he sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager.

Andrew denies the accusation.

He gave up his royal titles, including the Duke of York, in October.

In the same month, the King initiated “a formal process” to remove Andrew’s style, titles and honours.

Alliance Party councillor Lauren Gray proposed to Mid and East Antrim Council at a meeting on Monday evening that Prince Andr

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