Carney says former prince Andrew should be removed from line to throne
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The comments were notable coming from the leader of a member of the Commonwealth, all 14 of which would need to approve a change to the line of succession.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday he believes Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the line of succession to the British throne for his “deplorable” actions, but noted he would respect the process currently playing out in the country.
“Personally I do, yes,” Carney told reporters in Tokyo when asked about the former prince Andrew.
“There is a process (underway) to define that process, but I certainly think his actions, which are deplorable and have caused him to be stripped of his royal title, certainly merit, if that’s the word — necessitate is a better word — his removal from the line of succession. Even though he is well down the line of succession, I think the point, the principle, stands.”
The comments were notable coming from the leader of a member of the Commonwealth, all 14 of which would need to approve a change to the line of succession.
Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal status last year over his close links with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. However, he remains eighth in line to become monarch as the younger brother of King Charles III.
The British government confirmed last month it was “not ruling out action” to change that after Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office following the release of millions of pages of files last month related to Epstein by the U.S. Justice Department.
Those documents led to accusations that the former prince was sharing confidential trade information with the disgraced financier when he served as U.K. trade envoy from 2001 to 2011.
Mountbatten-Windsor was released without charge after spending about 11 hours in custody, but he remains under investigation.
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