Ministers to consider removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from line of succession

February 20, 2026

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Ministers are considering legislation to remove Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession.
The potential legislation follows Andrew's arrest and questioning on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
Removing him from the line of succession would require an act of parliament and consultation with other countries sharing the monarchy.
Several politicians from the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, and Labour have called for him to be removed from the line of succession.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor remains eighth in line to the throne and is a counsellor of state, though not a working royal.
Some also called for an inquiry into what the royal family knew about his links to Jeffrey Epstein and for a debate on abolishing the monarchy.

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