Removing the title is beyond even the powers of the queen.
“The queen removed all his other titles but didn’t remove the dukedom because she doesn’t have the power to do so,” said Rachael Maskell, who represents York Central in Parliament.
But while a British monarch can giveth a dukedom, she alone can’t taketh it away. That would require an act of Parliament. The last time that was done was in 1917, when theallowed various British nobles with German connections to lose their peerages during World War I. Morris added: “It’s a measure of Andrew’s disgrace that anyone thinks it’s worthwhile to call for the title to be removed.”The people of York certainly think they should get some input.
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