A Northern Irish council has voted to rename a street in the town of Carrickfergus called after Britain's disgraced former prince Andrew.

Mid and East Antrim is the first UK council to drop the ex-prince from a street name following King Charles III's decision to remove his brother -- now known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor -- from public life.

Earlier this month the King formally stripped his younger brother's titles over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"Andrew Mountbatten no longer represents the values of Carrickfergus," Aaron Skinner, a local councillor who backed the move, told AFP on Tuesday.

The council voted unanimously on Monday to rename a main road in the town, 10 miles (16 kilometres) northeast of Belfast, called Prince Andrew Way.

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