AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has backed No10’s bid to axe Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession using.
Downing Street is drawing up plans to prevent the disgraced former prince’s path to the throne amid a nationwide backlash following his arrest.
The Sun understands Sir Keir Starmer will look to pass an Act of Parliament to boot the disgraced ex-prince out once the police investigation has concluded.
Now, Aussie PM Albanese has written to Keir Starmer to say he would back any government plan to remove Andrew from the line of succession.
He said: “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.
“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.”
Andrew is currently eighth in line to become King despite being stripped of his titles and banished from public life.
While such a scenario is incredibly unlikely, the shamed royal’s links with Jeffrey Epstein has sparked a groundswell of calls for him to lose all patronage.
If an Act of Parliament is passed, it would also strip him of his position as a Counsellor of State authorised to undertake the monarch’s official duties if they are incapacitated.
While previously reluctant to pass a law that gets him out, the PM has come under pressure from MPs across parties to axe him entirely from the constitution.
