A spokesperson for the City of London Corporation said:

“We wrote to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in April inviting him to formally relinquish his Freedom of the City of London.

“Following his failure to respond, elected Members of our Policy and Resources Committee have agreed to bring forward a motion of censure – a formal expression of our disapproval – to the next meeting of the Court of Common Council on the 21st May.

"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received the Freedom in 2012 by virtue of patrimony, as the child of a Freeman. There is currently no effective legal mechanism to remove a Freedom.

"Our thoughts remain firmly with the victims and survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and all victims of sexual abuse and exploitation."

ENDS