Plaques unveiled by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on the Falkland Islands are removed
Four plaques unveiled in the Falkland Islands by disgraced former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have been removed following his fall from grace.
Andrew, who was last month stripped of all titles, styles and honors by his brother King Charles over his links to deceased billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, had fought in the 1982 conflict with Argentina and returned to the archipelago three years later to open the £300 million RAF Mount Pleasant air base.
He unveiled a plaque in front of a cheering crowd of thousands; many of them waved banners reading ‘British forever’.
But according to MirrorAuthorities have since removed the plaque. The UK Ministry of Defence, which runs RAF Mount Pleasant, told the newspaper: ‘Defence continues to act in line with Her Majesty’s intentions regarding the process of removing the rank, titles and honors of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.’
Other plaques Andrew has unveiled on British soil over the years have also been removed.
In 2002, he was invited to the Bebek Primary School in the capital Stanley, where he opened many buildings.
But this week a representative said: ‘The plaque has been removed and the Duke of York is no longer affiliated with our school.’
Andrew also traveled to New Island to unveil a plaque for the Falklands Conservation trust. But this has since been removed, with an employee telling the Mirror: ‘He was sacked as boss and the plaque at the field center is gone too.’
Four plaques unveiled by disgraced former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (pictured) in the Falkland Islands have been removed following his fall from grace
And a tablet with his name on it at King Edward Memorial Hospital in Stanley was removed in 2022 after he reached an out-of-court settlement with his accuser, Virginia Giuffre.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that Epstein had urged a business associate to meet the former Duke of York while he was in Davos, saying he was “a lot of fun”.
Mountbatten-Windsor was officially in Davos, where global leaders gathered at the annual 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 prison in Florida after being convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution.
In the email, Epstein asks Nikolic if he has had “any fun” in Davos so far, to which Nikolic replies: “Different fun… I met your friend Bill Clinton yesterday, and then [Nicholas] Sarkozy. Later in the day you will meet your other friend Prince Andrew because he has some questions for Microsoft.’
The former Duke of York was in Davos at the time as the UK’s special representative for international trade and investment. He resigned in 2011.
Epstein writes back: ‘You can tell Andrew we’re friends.’
When Nikolic tells him that he ‘doesn’t need anything from him’, Epstein replies: ‘Yes you do. You need to laugh and have fun. He’s good at it… It’s a lot of fun.’
Andrew fought in the 1982 conflict with Argentina and returned to the archipelago three years later to open the £300 million RAF Mount Pleasant air base (file image of RAF Mount Pleasant’s entrance sign)
Nikolic, who was appointed as the executor of Epstein’s will after his death in 2019, responded to this question and said that he heard that Andrew “wasn’t that much fun, but I trust your judgment.”
“It would be great to have you here,” he added. I was just flirting with a 22-year-old, blonde, blue-eyed Mexican chick.
‘It turned out she was with her husband. I didn’t have a chance to check it out. But we have come to the conclusion that everything good is rented.’
He added a winking face emoji at the end of his email.
After meeting Andrew, Nikolic wrote to Epstein: ‘He’s great… I think I could trade Davos for a good fashion week. It’s a lot more fun.’
