United Kingdom, April 17 -- Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is to be asked to relinquish his freedom of the City of London.

The former prince - who was stripped of his titles and royal privileges by King Charles last October over his links to late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein - received the honour in 2012 by "virtue of patrimony" because his late father, Prince Philip, had been a freeman but now the City of London Corporation are planning to write to him to ask him to voluntarily give it up.

Following a review in March, weeks after Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the corporation concluded they couldn't take away the honour due to the way it was bestowed.

A spokesman for the City of London Corporation explained...