How are royal titles removed?
The process to remove Andrew’s titles won’t necessarily be instant — or easy.
“I suspect a lot is being worked out right now between Buckingham Palace and Westminster in terms of how to legislate this process and most likely to expedite it,” Vovk said.
“The last thing anyone wants, I’m sure, is for this to be a long, drawn-out process.”
Prescott told me letters patent — a published written order — from King Charles will be needed to remove Andrew’s status as a prince.
As regards the Dukedom of York, which Andrew was granted on his wedding day in 1986 by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Prescott said it’s been reported that he is going to be struck from the Roll of the Peerage, the official record of the peerage.
That would avoid the need for any legislation, Prescott said.