Members of City of London Corporation to ask Andrew to give up freedom of city

Local TV

Elected members of the City of London Corporation have agreed to write to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to invite him to give up his freedom of the city.

Transcript

00:00The former prince was given the honour of the Freedom of the City of London in 2012.

00:06He received the honour by patrimony because his father, Prince Philip, was a freeman of the city.

00:12One of the City of London's ancient traditions, the freedom is believed to have begun in 1237

00:20and enabled recipients to carry out their trade.

00:25Typically, the honour is awarded to people nominated by corporation councillors.

00:31Sir Lenny Henry and Cate Blanchett are among those to have received the honour.

00:36All of Andrew's siblings, including the King, also have freedom of the City of London.

00:43The announcement by the corporation comes after Sarah Ferguson lost her Freedom of the City of York title in March

00:51after councillors voted unanimously to remove the honour over her links to paedophile financier Geoffrey Epstein.

00:59She and Andrew were given the honour as a wedding present from York in 1987 during a visit to the

01:06city.

01:07Councillors removed Andrew's Freedom of the City of York in 2022

01:11and the meeting, at the time, heard that he was the first person ever to have it taken away.

01:18If the former duke agrees to relinquish the London honour,

01:22it will be another in a string of titles he has lost over his association with Epstein.

01:28Excercine

01:28HM

01:28by

Category

Transcript

Comments

Recommended