Mark Carney urges removal of former Prince Andrew from succession

Speaking in Tokyo, Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, said Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the royal line of succession over actions he described as "deplorable". Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on 19 February on suspicion of misconduct in public office, and had been stripped of royal titles after new information emerged about his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

He remains eighth in line to the throne and is still a counsellor of state, though in practice working royals would be chosen to act for King Charles III. Removing him would require an act of the UK parliament and the agreement of the 14 Commonwealth countries where the king is head of state, including Australia and New Zealand.

Carney, a former Bank of England governor, acknowledged Mountbatten-Windsor was "well down" the line but said the "point of principle stands" and that the established process for removal should be followed.

United Kingdom, Tokyo

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