Anthony Albanese says Australia would not object to his removal from royal succession line
A parliamentary inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to Jeffrey Epstein is a matter for MPs, Downing Street has said, as ministers faced a new push to uncover details about the former prince’s role as a trade envoy.
It comes as the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, wrote to Keir Starmer to say his country would have no objection to Mountbatten-Windsor being removed from the royal line of succession.
No 10 said it was “not ruling anything out” in terms of the succession, which would require an act of parliament, plus the agreement of all 14 Commonwealth realms who have King Charles as their head of state.
After Andrew’s arrest last week on suspicion of misconduct in public office, new details have emerged about his actions as an unpaid trade envoy from 2001 to 2011 and his ties to Epstein, the late financier and child sex offender.
