Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has backed calls for Prince Andrew to be removed from the British royal line of succession, describing the former royal’s behaviour as “deplorable.”
Carney made the remarks on Saturday while speaking to reporters in Tokyo during a visit to Japan for talks with Japanese political leader Sanae Takaichi.
“There is a process in order to do it,” Carney said. “But I certainly think his actions, which are deplorable and have caused him to be stripped of his royal titles, certainly necessitate his removal from the line of succession.”
Prince Andrew, whose full name is Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, is currently under investigation over alleged misconduct linked to his relationship with the late American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Authorities earlier arrested Andrew in February before releasing him as investigations continue. The allegations relate to claims that he passed confidential information to Epstein during his tenure as a United Kingdom trade envoy between 2001 and 2011.
The former royal, who was stripped of his royal titles last year following controversy surrounding his ties to Epstein, has denied any wrongdoing.
Andrew has also faced longstanding allegations from Virginia Giuffre, who claimed she was trafficked to the British royal on several occasions beginning in 2001 when she was a teenager. Andrew has repeatedly denied the allegations but reached a settlement in a US civil lawsuit filed by Giuffre in 2022 without admitting liability.
Carney’s comments come after Australia and New Zealand also expressed support for removing Andrew from the line of succession.
However, any change to the order of succession would have to be initiated by the United Kingdom and approved by the 14 other Commonwealth realms that recognise King Charles III as head of state.
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