Friends of Prince William tell the Daily Beast that William plans sweeping reforms when he becomes king, using special executive orders to remove princely titles from all non-working royals.

As king, William will strip Prince Andrew and all other non-working royals of their honorific “HRHs” and princely titles, friends and allies of the prince told the Daily Beast.

Earlier this week, Andrew was “encouraged” to give up his title of Duke of York following revelations about his friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. He remains a prince, however, because the title is protected by law.

William plans to undo that protection. The dramatic change will be effected by an executive royal order known as “letters patent,” to be ratified by Parliament in the early weeks of the reign of

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