• ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Don’t get too excited: the titles have NOT actually been stripped, he has simply “agreed not to use them.”

    From further down the page:

    For context: Prince Andrew’s statement earlier said he had taken the decision, with the King’s agreement, to no longer use his titles. Stripping him of his titles would require an act of Parliament - a legal mechanism last used following the First World War.

    and further down still:

    As a reminder, Prince Andrew has voluntarily decided to stop using his titles. He will remain a prince as it is a title from his birth, as the son of the monarch, with the titles he has since lost only given to him later in life

    The nonce formerly known as Duke of York also remains eighth in line to the throne.

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      According to Jim Jeffries there’s another term for nonce in former British colonies. Rock spider. Named so for their penchant to get into small holes.