Defence Minister Luke Pollard has become the first senior Cabinet Minister to back calls for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be removed from the line of succession as police continue to search the Royal Lodge. Sir Keir Starmer's Government is set to consider introducing legislation to remove Andrew from succession once police have finished their investigation into the King's disgraced brother. Liberal Democrats party leader Sir Ed Davey said it would be 'intolerable' for Andrew to succeed to the Crown. Other MPs are said to believe that formal legislation is not required because Andrew is too far removed from the throne to be a concern. He was stripped of his titles last October by King Charles over his ties to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, but remained in the line of succession.

Source: Daily Mail February 21, 2026 13:43 UTC