Four plaques on the Falkland Islands that were unveiled by the disgraced ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have been removed following his fall from grace.
Andrew, who last month had all of his titles, styles, and honours removed by his brother King Charles over his connections with dead billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, had fought in the 1982 conflict with Argentina and returned to the archipelago to open the £300million RAF Mount Pleasant airbase three years later.
He unveiled a plaque in front of a cheering crowd of thousands, many of whom waved signs reading: ‘British forever.’
But, according to the Mirror, officials have since removed the plaque. The UK’s Ministry of Defence, which runs RAF Mount Pleasant, told the newspaper: ‘Defence continues to act in line with His Majesty’s intent regarding the process to remove the style, titles and honours of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’.
Other plaques on the British territory Andrew unveiled over the years have also been removed.
He was invited to the Infant Junior School in the capital, Stanley, where he opened several buildings in 2002.
But a representative this week said: ‘The plaque has been taken down and the Duke of York is no longer connected to our school.’
Andrew also travelled to New Island to unveil a plaque for the Islands’ Falklands Conservation trust. But this has since been taken down, with a member of staff telling the Mirror: ‘He was removed as patron and the plaque at the field centre has gone’.
Four plaques on the Falkland Islands that were unveiled by the disgraced ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (pictured) have been removed following his fall from grace
And a tablet with his name on it at the King Edward Memorial Hospital, in Stanley, was taken down in 2022 after he reached an out-of-court settlement with accuser Virginia Giuffre.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that Epstein had urged a business associate to meet up with the former Duke of York while in Davos as ‘he’s great fun’.
Mountbatten-Windsor was officially at Davos, where the annual gathering of global leaders was taking place at the World Economic Forum, to promote British interests when the email exchange between Epstein and Boris Nikolic took place in January 2010.
The email was sent to Nikolic, a former adviser to Bill Gates, just six months after Epstein was released from jail in Florida, having been convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution.
In the email, Epstein asks Nikolic if he’s had ‘any fun’ at Davos so far, to which he replies: ‘Different kind of fun… Met your friend Bill Clinton yesterday, followed up with [Nicholas] Sarkozy. Later in the day meeting your other friend Prince Andrew as he has some questions re Microsoft.’
The former Duke of York was in Davos in his capacity as UK special representative for international trade and investment at the time. He stepped down in 2011.
Epstein writes back: ‘You can tell Andrew we are friends.’
When he is told by Nikolic that he does not ‘need anything from him’, Epstein responds: ‘Yes you do. You need to laugh and have fun. He is good at that… He’s great fun.’
Andrew had fought in the 1982 conflict with Argentina and returned to the archipelago to open the £300million RAF Mount Pleasant airbase three years later (file image of RAF Mount Pleasant’s entrance sign)
Nikolic, who was named an executor of Epstein’s will after he died in 2019, replied and said he had heard that Andrew ‘is not that fun, but I trust your judgement’.
He added that ‘it would be blast that you are here. I was just flirting with 22 years old hot blond blue eyes mexican chick.
‘It turns out she is with her husband. Did not have chance to check him out. But as we concluded, anything good is rented.’
He added a winking face emoji to the end of his email.
And after meeting with Andrew, Nikolic reported back to Epstein, writing: ‘He is great… I think I would trade Davos for a good fashion week. Much more fun.’