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A senior backbench MP has called for Parliament To increase the powers of the king so that he can become permanently naked prince andrew Of his titles.
Rachel Maskell, The MP for York Central said There is a union of infamous royal With the city, “clearly a human rights city, with high values and standards”.
And she cited a survey that found most residents wanted to own The title of Duke of York was formally abolished.They have been forced to voluntarily give up their titles, but the only way Andrew can get rid of them completely is by an act Parliament,
And Ms Maskell said the monarch should be given the power to formally remove royal titles “not just for this incident, but for any future incident, in fact, for any title, including peerages”.
he told BBC Radio 4 Today Programme: “I did not come to Parliament to discuss princes and princesses.
“But a simple clause could be added to a constitutional bill or a private member’s bill, it would take very little time, but it would give the monarch enhanced powers to be able to perform those duties in the future.
“We have seen the pain, heard the pain and are learning more from victims and survivors. I think as a result, it would be appropriate to legislate for this phenomenon.”
Andrew has handed back all the honors left by his mother, the late Queen, despite being stripped of the HRH title and public duties.
It comes just days ahead of the publication of the memoir of Andrew’s late alleged victim, virginia giuffrewhom he had paid millions to settle a civil sexual harassment case, and after revelations he had held three meetings with a senior Chinese Communist Party official at the center of the China spying scandal.
Ms Maskell said “any association with a despicable individual like Epstein” could be addressed by her proposals. And left-wing Labor MP Nadia Whittome said: “It should be a given that the state removes Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s titles, rather than allowing him to voluntarily relinquish them and hide behind dirty-mouthed statements blaming his accusers.”
And SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn said Ms Giuffre’s life had been “destroyed” by Epstein, he told Wire: “I will not sit silent – if an Act of Parliament is needed to strip people like Peter Mandelson and Prince Andrew of their titles, there can be no justification from this Labor Government as to why that is not happening immediately.”
But, when asked whether ministers should intervene to ensure Andrew was stripped of all his titles, Bridget Phillipson said it was “not a matter for the government”.
he told today’s program: “We will be guided by the royal family in this and I think the royal family would like Parliament to continue to devote its time to our wider legislative programme, but we will be guided by the monarch.
“That’s why we support the statement issued and the actions taken. But of course, Prince Andrew has the title of Prince because he is the son of a king, and that’s our position.”
How could Parliament strip Andrew of his titles?
Parliamentary experts have said the process of stripping Andrew of his title could be accomplished relatively quickly through a short piece of legislation.
The two-part 2022 bill making the Princess Royal and Prince Edward counselors of state received royal assent in about 20 days in total, with less than an hour of debate each in the House of Lords and Commons.
The precedent for stripping royals of their titles was set by the Imperial Titles Deprivation Act of 1917, which stripped royal titles from those who supported Germany in World War I.