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            <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHARLES THE THIRD by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories King Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith: To Our right trusty and well beloved Counsellor Our Chancellor of Great Britain one of Our Principal Secretaries of State GREETING: WE WILL AND COMMAND that under the Great Seal of Our Realm remaining in your custody you cause these Our Letters to be made forth Patent in form following:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHARLES THE THIRD &lt;/strong&gt;by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories King Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AND WHEREAS Her late Majesty Queen Victoria by Her Letters Patent dated the thirtieth day of January in the twenty-seventh year of Her reign did in exercise of Her Royal Prerogative declare Her Royal Will and Pleasure as to the style and title of the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AND WHEREAS His late Majesty King George V by His Letters Patent dated the thirtieth day of November in the eighth year of His reign did in exercise of His Royal Prerogative extend and amend the said Letters Patent of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria by declaring His Royal Will and Pleasure that the children of any Sovereign of these Realms and the children of the sons of any such Sovereign and the eldest living son of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales only should hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of "Royal Highness" and the titular dignity of "Prince" or "Princess":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AND WHEREAS under the above-mentioned Letters Patent Andrew Mountbatten Windsor [sic] has been entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of "Royal Highness" and the titular dignity of "Prince":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AND WHEREAS We deem it expedient to declare by due Authority that the said entitlement should be removed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOW KNOW YE that We of Our especial grace, certain knowledge and mere motion do hereby declare Our Royal Will and Pleasure that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shall no longer be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of "Royal Highness" and the titular dignity of "Prince".&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In Witness &amp;amp;c. Witness &amp;amp;c.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Given at Our Court at ____________ the ____________  day of ____________  two thousand&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and ____________  in the ____________  year of Our Reign&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BY HIS MAJESTY’S COMMAND&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This contains a Warrant to the Lord High Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal whereby Your Majesty is pleased to remove the entitlement to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of “Royal Highness” and the titular dignity of “Prince” from Andrew Mountbatten Windsor And this Warrant is prepared according to Your Majesty’s Royal Command&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;Signified by Secretary of State&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;FARRAR&lt;br /&gt;Clerk of the Crown in Chancery&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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            <text>This document is missing the King's signature, the countersignature of a responsible minister (it was likely countersigned by the Lord Chancellor/Secretary of State for Justice), as well as the Lord Chancellor's recepi.&#13;
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According to the document, the Justice Secretary signified the King's command to prepare the instrument. This is standard procedure for most documents that pass under the Great Seal. This suggests that, even though many contemporary accounts of Andrew's degradation framed it as the King's decision first and foremost, ministers nevertheless played their usual administrative roles.</text>
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              <text>Royal Warrant of King Charles III directing the Lord Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm removing the entitlement to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of “Royal Highness” and the titular dignity of “Prince” from Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.</text>
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[Date comes from the Letters Patent]</text>
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              <text>&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/47-48/30/section/2" title="Great Seal Act 1884"&gt;Great Seal Act 1884&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; but the resulting Letters Patent are a prerogative instrument.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/486"&gt;Letters Patent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</text>
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