Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was today urged to do 'the decent thing' and remove himself from the royal line of succession following his arrest over his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew Bowie, a senior Tory MP, said it would be 'the decent thing' for Andrew to now voluntarily give up his place in the line of succession. Yet he remains eighth in line to the throne, just behind the children of Prince Harry, with an act of Parliament needed to formally remove Andrew. A YouGov poll showed more than eight in 10 (82 per cent) of Britons think Andrew should be removed from the royal line of succession. Constitutional experts said it would be a complex process to pass legislation to formally remove Andrew from the line of succession.

Source: Daily Mail February 20, 2026 15:09 UTC