Disgraced Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has officially been stripped of his last royal titles amid a “delay” to his eviction from his Windsor home.
King Charles has ordered his membership of the Order of the Garter – said to be the most chivalric order in the land – to be cancelled, reports The Sun.
The King has also ordered Andy’s Knight of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victoria Order to be cancelled and annulled.
The official cull comes just weeks after the shamed royal was stripped of his Duke of York and Prince title and agreed to leave Royal Lodge.
Andrew had earlier agreed to give up his Order of the Garter membership.
They official orders read: “THE KING has directed that the appointment of Andrew Albert Christian Edward MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR to be a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, dated 23 April 2006, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.
“THE KING has directed that the appointment of Andrew Albert Christian Edward MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR to be a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, dated 19 February 2011, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.”
The King’s decision means the disgraced former royal is only clinging on to one remaining title.
Andrew is still a vice-admiral in the Royal navy, despite the government’s pledge to strip him of the honour at Charles’ request.
Secretary John Healey said the government would “work to remove” his last remaining title of vice-admiral.
The decision and power to remove the honorary vice-admiral title remains with the government and not the King.
Andrew served in the Royal navy for 22 years until 2001 and fought in the Falklands War as a helicopter pilot.
He was awarded the honorary rank of vice-admiral by the navy in February 2015 for his 55th birthday.
Admiral Lord West, the former first sea lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, said: “It seems extraordinary that it is taking so long”.
“We recently swiftly removed the first sea lord from his position and he had the rank of admiral, so it cannot be that difficult.
“They should just get on with it.”
In October, Andrew was stripped of his prince title and lost his home in a brutal yet swift decision by his older brother.
Charles, 76, brought down the axe by starting the formal process of removing the “the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew”.
The ex-duke was finally brought to his knees by the scandal engulfing pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and sex abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre.
Delay in leaving Royal Lodge
In a shock statement, Buckingham Palace revealed after weeks of talks the King’s brother had finally given up life in his 31-room mansion Royal Lodge.
After enormous pressure going back years, the shamed royal is finally set to leave the Royal Lodge.
He has made a formal notice that he wishes hand back his lease – which was meant to run until 2078.
But his eviction from Royal Lodge is likely to be delayed until February, because he is struggling to downsize.
The shamed royal will now move to the Sandringham estate, in Norfolk in England’s east, while ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, 66, is said to be making her own housing arrangements.
But it is understood Andrew is set on having one final Christmas at the Royal Lodge, where has lived since 2004.
The former duke last month decided not to join the Royal Family at the annual Christmas Day gathering.
He also stayed away last year when named in court documents that embroiled him in a China spy scandal.
His extended stay at Windsor follows weeks of speculation he would seek refuge abroad — particularly the Middle East.
Last month, Charles visited the King of Bahrain for tea at his Cotswolds estate, The Sun can reveal.
But they are not believed to have discussed his brother.
He was a frequent visitor before he was engulfed in scandal and was given five-star treatment there three years ago.
There have been claims he would find exile there, as well as claims he has been offered use of a luxurious palace in Abu Dhabi.
But there are no plans for him to live abroad, it is understood.
The story was first published in The Sun and is reproduced with permission.
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