Prince Andrew is to be stripped of his titles, styles and honours as the scandal surrounding his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and his lack of rent on Royal Lodge.
But when was the last time that titles were stripped from a Royal?
The Titles Deprivation Act 1917 came about during the First World War and affected a handful of Royals with connections to Germany and in particular the military, but who held British titles.
It came around the same time as George V changed the name of the dynasty to that of Windsor.
Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
His Royal Highness Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, was one of the group – a second-cousin to Edward VII who married Queen Alexandra’s sister, and head of the deposed royal House of Hanover.
Queen Victoria had appointed him a colonel in the British Army in 1876, and he received promotions to Major General in 1886, Lieutenant General in 1892 and General in 1898.
George V had already removed him from the Order of the Garter in 1915, after the war broke out but the act in 1917 took away his Princely rank and style of HRH.
In 1919, when the act was effected given wartime priorities, his name was removed from the roll of Peers of Great Britain and of Ireland by Order of the King in Council for ‘bearing arms against Great Britain’.
Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany
Another was His Royal Highness Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow – a grandson of Queen Victoria, who was brought up as a British Prince for the first 15 years of his life.
At the age of 15, he was unexpectedly chosen to succeed to the throne of the German Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1900, and moved to Germany. The Duchy was ruled through via a regency until 1905, when he was deemed of age.
As a German Duke and ruler, he supported the German Empire during the First World War, serving as a General – though it seems he was conflicted about this decision, given his British upbringing.
He was heavily attacked in the press in Germany for being half-British, which pushed him further to demonstrate his loyalty to Germany. Charles sold all his British decorations, renounced his British military affiliations and publicly denounced the UK. His mother continued to live in the UK, under Queen Mary’s protection.
The Duke received an Iron Cross for bravery at the end of 1914, and was deprived of his titles as one of the ‘traitor peers’ formally in 1919.
In 1918, he had been deposed as Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which led to his political engagement, supporting far-right parties in Germany.
Charles later became a member of the Nazi party, flying the swastika from the Ducal seat of Callenberg Castle as early as 1929. Five years later, he publicly declared he would ‘blindly follow Hitler forever’.
Henry, Viscount Taaffe of Corren
Another on this list was was Henry Taaffe. Through a long and complex family history, Henry was was an Irish peer, but with deep Austrian roots. He too bore arms against the UK during the First World War, seeing him deprived on his titile.
