It’s the final pin that pops his inflated pompous ego, but soon Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor can no longer strut about as a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy. Defence chiefs have been told to “get on with it” and remove the disgraced ex-prince of his last title – after King Charles requested his brother loses his vice-admiralship weeks ago.  

‘Randy Andy’ is already no longer a prince, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh or Colonel of the Grenadier Guards – and been shorn of the Order of the Garter and the Knight Grand Cross of the Victorian Order. Soon he and Sarah Ferguson will also be booted from Royal Lodge, at Windsor. Their eager friendship with the now disgraced New York financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has exacted a bitter toll.

Andrew’s also lost several overseas honorary roles, including colonel-in-chief of The Royal Highland Fusiliers Of Canada, and colonel-in-chief of the Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment.

Those two are a big blow to ‘Air Miles Andy’. He loves foreign jollies.

Now he’ll have to make do with a long weekend in Great Yarmouth. 70s rockers Showaddywaddy are playing Britannia Pier next August, so that would be a good time to check it out.

Fergie and Andrew’s reputation is irrecoverable after not only Virginia Giuffre’s recent posthumous autobiography, but emails revealing they both continued contact with Epstein despite publicly cutting ties.

In 2019, Andrew told BBC Newsnight he broke off his friendship with Epstein in December 2010, after the two men were photographed together strolling in New York.

But new emails claim he wrote to Epstein after the photo was published, saying: “It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!”

Meanwhile Fergie in 2011 said her involvement with Epstein had been a “gigantic error of judgment” adding: “I cannot state more strongly that I know a terrible, terrible error of judgement was made, my having anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein.”

But in September 2025 an email surfaced claiming that shortly after giving the interview in 2011, the duchess emailed Epstein: “You have always been a steadfast, generous and supreme friend to me and my family.”

Oopsie. Now Prince Andrew is plain Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Just don’t forget the hyphen.

His titles are nearly all gone and losing this last one will hurt more than the rest.

Andrew, 65, was made an honorary captain in 2004 and awarded the honorary rank of vice-admiral for his 55th birthday in February 2015, after serving in the Royal Navy for 22 years. 

He had been due to receive a promotion to admiral on his 60th birthday – but that was deferred when he sat down with Emily Maitlis and told us of his inability to sweat on Newsnight in 2019. 

Now the nearest he’ll get to being an admiral is when he renews his car insurance. 

Royal author and journalist Valentine Low told the BBC losing this last military title will be a huge “blow” to Andrew. 

“Royals, and particularly Andrew, are very proud and determined to hang onto military titles,” he said. “It seems the King is intent on taking absolutely everything away from his brother. It’s a flinty eyed ruthlessness he’s displaying.” 

Defence Secretary John Healey recently confirmed the government is “working to remove” the vice-admiral title as King Charles had “indicated that’s what he wishes”. 

Healey added: “This is a move that’s right, it’s a move the King has indicated we should take and we’re working on that at the moment.” 

During Andrew’s 22-year career in the Royal Navy he served as a helicopter pilot during the Falklands War and commanded the mine countermeasures vessel HMS Cottesmore. 

Now his once water-tight reputation is finally sunk.