Charles III officially strips his brother Andrew of the Order of the Garter

London,.- British King Charles III has officially stripped his brother Andrew of the prestigious honors of the Order of the Garter and the Royal Victorian Order, according to The Gazette, the official journal of the United Kingdom, this Monday.

The publication indicates that the appointment of Andrés as a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, dated April 23, 2006, and as Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, dated February 19, 2011, has been "cancelled and annulled" and that his name will be "erased from the register" of both orders.

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The monarch had previously stripped him of his hereditary right to be a prince and to bear the style of Royal Highness, as well as the title of Duke of York, formally removed from the peerage register.

Pressed by some deputies and public opinion, the sovereign announced in October that he would strip his brother of all his titles, after it became known that he maintained the relationship with the American pedophile Jeffrey Epstein beyond 2010, despite assuring that he had cut it off.

Attention on the now-called Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, 65 years old, intensified after the posthumous publication on October 21 of the memoir by American Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of abusing her on three occasions, at least two of them when she was a minor. The late Elizabeth II's favorite son denied knowing Giuffre, although in 2022 he reached a millionaire out-of-court settlement with her so that she would withdraw a civil lawsuit against him that she had filed in the United States. Since then, some members of the US Congress have demanded that he appear to testify, while the British republican movement Republic is raising funds to try to reopen an investigation in the UK. The Order of the Garter is the oldest and most prestigious in this country and is awarded at the discretion of the monarch in recognition of public service, while the Royal Victorian Order distinguishes loyalty and service to the crown. Despite the loss of titles and decorations, Andrew maintains his honorary vice-admiral rank in the Royal Navy, although the British Government has indicated that it is considering withdrawing it, and he remains in the line of succession to the throne. It is also expected that the former duke will move from his current residence, Royal Lodge, on the grounds of Windsor Castle (about 40 kilometers from London) and managed by a public entity, to the king's private estate in Sandringham, in eastern England, after the press revealed that he has not paid rent for decades, although he did make an initial investment to renovate the property.