Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wrote his British counterpart Keir Starmer to say his government would support removing the former Prince Andrew from the royal line of succession in the wake of his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
Albanese, who favors abolishing Australia's constitutional monarchy under which King Charles III is also King of Australia and breaking with Britain to become a republic, said that while Andrew's fall from grace was "extraordinary," he would not seek another referendum on the issue.
"In light of recent events concerning Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, I am writing to confirm that my government would agree to any proposal to remove him from the line of royal succession," Albanese wrote in an extract obtained by The Guardian.
"I agree with His Majesty that the law must now take its full course and there must be a full, fair and proper investigation. These are grave allegations and Australians take them seriously."
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