The ex-prince was asked to give up the status of honorary citizen of London

The corporation of the City of London has asked the king’s brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to voluntarily renounce the status of honorary citizen of London, the Independent reports.

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“The elected members of the Corporation of the City of London have officially proposed to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to give up the status of freeman,” the newspaper writes.

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The status of a freeman in the Middle Ages meant a full-fledged citizen. Currently, it is an honorary title awarded by the city authorities for services to the city.

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According to the newspaper, this award was inherited by Mountbatten-Windsor from Prince Philip in 2012.

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“The corporation stated that there is no current legal mechanism for depriving a freeman of inherited status, therefore, it offered him to voluntarily renounce it,” the newspaper writes.

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Earlier, the ex-prince had already been stripped of the status of honorary citizen of York, the newspaper notes.

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Former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was detained in late February in a case of abuse of office as a trade representative for sending government documents to Epstein. Andrew has been at the center of a scandal for several years because of his ties to Epstein. In early December 2025, Charles III stripped his brother of all titles.