A Northern Ireland council has agreed to rename a street called Prince Andrew Way after the former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Mid and East Antrim council decided on Monday to start the “long overdue” process of removing the street’s association with the disgraced royal. It was named Prince Andrew Way in 1986 to mark his wedding to Sarah Ferguson but there were calls to rename it after the stripping of Mountbatten-Windsor’s royal titles last month.

Councillors unanimously backed a motion from the Alliance party to give a new name to the stretch of shops and businesses in Carrickfergus.

“This is a sad but necessary motion,” said Anna Henry, of the Traditional Unionist Voice party. “Regrettably the alleged actions of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have made it impossible for this

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