Disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s name has been stripped from commemorative plaques in the Falklands.
The former prince, who was stripped of his royal titles a fortnight ago, was previously considered a hero over his defence of the islands as a helicopter co-pilot in 1982. He had visited the Falklands again on several occasions to unveil memorials and public buildings.
Several plaques which bore Andrew’s name has now vanished from the island in the latest blow to the former prince. One of the missing plaques is believed to have been unveiled by Andrew in 1985 to open Mount Pleasant airport.
Another is said to have been placed in 2002 during the opening of a new block at the Infant Junior School in capital Stanley. Both of those plaques have been taken down, according to reports in the Daily Mirror.
A third tablet bearing Andrew’s name was previously removed in 2022. The decoration at the Falklands KEMH Hospital was taken down following Andrew’s out-of-court settlement with accuser Virginia Giuffre, who claimed Andrew had sex with her while she was being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew has always strenuously denied all allegations.
Member of parliament for the territory John Birmingham said at the time: "Renovation work is underway, and given that the Prince is retiring from public life, the plaque bearing his name will be given to the Falklands Museum."
There have been repeated calls for roads, schools, and even islands bearing the former prince’s name to be removed or changed following the publication of Ms Giuffre’s posthumous memoir Nobody’s Child.
In Northern Ireland, councillors are set to debate a proposal in November to rename Prince Andrew Way in the coastal Co Antrim town of Carrickfergus. Mid and East Antrim councillor Aaron Skinner stated he "would like to see the road named after the late Queen Elizabeth II instead."
There are several other locations in Northern Ireland that carry the name Prince Andrew, including: Prince Andrew Gardens and adjoining Prince Andrew Park in south Belfast; and Prince Andrew Crescent in Moygashel, Co Tyrone, which is part of the Mid Ulster District Council area.
Accusations against the former prince have grown since the release of Ms Giuffre’s memoir and Epstein’s emails this year. A fresh email chain published last week from March 2011 saw Andrew pleaded with Maxwell and Epstein to make it clear he was not involved in any allegations against them.
The former prince famously denied any encounters with Ms Giuffre in a controversial BBC Newsnight interview in 2019, where he said her claim he was sweaty at a nightclub was untrue because an “overdose of adrenaline in the Falklands war” had left him unable to sweat.
He also denied sleeping with Ms Giuffre, saying an encounter could not have taken place because he was at a branch of Pizza Express in Woking with his daughter Princess Beatrice.
Ms Giuffre described Andrew as “friendly enough, but entitled – as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright.”
She said she had sex with him on three separate occasions, including while staying at the house of Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend, near Hyde Park, London, in March 2001.
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