AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor still listed for royal ceremonial funeral despite losing all titles
Britain's disgraced former Duke of York remains on a secret government list for a taxpayer-backed royal funeral, and lawmakers, victims' attorneys, and royal watchers on both sides of the Atlantic want to know why. Senior Whitehall sources told The Mail on Sunday that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, is still covered by one of the UK government's […] The post Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor still listed for royal ceremonial funeral despite losing all titles appeared first on American Almanac .
Britain's disgraced former Duke of York remains on a secret government list for a taxpayer-backed royal funeral, and lawmakers, victims' attorneys, and royal watchers on both sides of the Atlantic want to know why. Senior Whitehall sources told The Mail on Sunday that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, is still covered by one of the UK government's closely guarded "bridge" plans, the codename system used to coordinate high-profile royal funerals. The arrangement persists even though King Charles stripped Andrew of his HRH style and prince title last November, and even though Andrew lost his honorary military titles amid the Jeffrey Epstein scandal years earlier. Andrew is, by every formal measure, a private citizen. He holds no working…Open