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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has gun licence taken away after police visit Royal Lodge | LBC

Disgraced royal suffers further blow as cops hold discussions in Windsor
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The disgraced former royal, 65, allegedly agreed to give up the certificate after specialist officers from the Metropolitan Police visited his Royal Lodge home in Windsor, Berkshire, it is understood.

He reportedly sent a valet to speak to police as they showed up at his door and agreed to hand over his collection of shotguns and rifles following discussions.

Officers are not thought to have seized any weapons at the time but put conditions on how they are kept and how they are accessed, according to the Sun.

Police regularly review gun licences and may decide to revoke a license if there are public safety fears or if the owner has a change of circumstances.


“On Wednesday November 19, firearms licensing officers attended an address in Windsor to request that a man in his 60s voluntarily surrender his firearms and shotgun certificate.

“The certificate was surrendered, and we will be not be commenting any further at this stage,” a spokesperson from the Metropolitan Police said.


It marks another blow for Andrew, who is known to be a keen hunter and often attends hunting parties.



“It is also a factor that he is due to be moving soon — and gun licence holders have to inform authorities how their weapons would be kept at new addresses.

“He will now not be able to do things like use guns on his own or even transport them unless he is under strict supervision. It is a real blow to him,” a source told the Sun.
 
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At first I thought good, he's not of a reputable character which is paramount to owning firearms.
But to me this stinks of "ok just give us the licence and you can keep/use your guns on someone else's ticket".

If it were a pleb they'd take everything.
 
Not good news.
However distasteful we may find the actions and arrogance of the individual, revoking his licence would only make it easier for the police to take similar actions against anyone not fitting their profile of perfection.
 
It does make me curious as well.
Can't see it being a storage issue, he'll have a gun room anyway and even if he leaves them lying around, who's going to dob him in?
Whatever one may think about his character, there are no criminal charges against him (that we are aware of), and at least some of his reputational damage has been trial by media (but then that's death these days).
Can't see a Harley Street doctor reporting him either. I could only see a Police Force taking this action on the basis of irrefutable evidence, otherwise it would be a career-ending move for somebody.
 
NIVEA said:
Mental health issues could see your license revoked and after all the bloke has been under an enormous amount of stress lately although much of it he bought on himself.
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Not unlikely...

Storage should not be of any concern, I reckon, dont know about the UK but our royal castles here is nothing one just can wandering into
 
NIVEA said:
Mental health issues could see your license revoked and after all the bloke has been under an enormous amount of stress lately although much of it he bought on himself.
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I too think this is most likely.
If we look at recent cases where they have seized guns because someone in the family has cancer...

Being removed from the family, and your job, and your home, and being publicly shamed daily, by the whole world's media, endlessly, has to be similarly stressful...
 
3595wilk said:
........ still smacks of double standards......

licence voluntarily surrendered.... but still can use them under special conditions.......?

Hhhmmmmm. Doubt he would still have access if his name wasn't Windsor.......
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Not really, depending on the circumstances. Eg anyone with S1 could in theory voluntarily surrender the cert at police request, they still legally own the guns and could lodge them elsewhere, shooting them under club supervision. Similiar with S2.

I know one shooter who can't get FAC and police refused to renew his SGC due to impossibility of supplying a full medical history due to living abroad a lot of the time. Met won't accept a certified foreign docs statement of med history, so he's stuffed and has to wait years to qualify for UK certificates.
His club holds his owned guns on their cert and he uses them at club days.
 
"but still can use them under special conditions." Don't forget that applies to us as well, using a cert holder's guns with them, or on an approved club range. Knowing the Sun, my son in law used to work for them, they word anything to make it sound news worthy. Applies to most of the press these days.
 
Perhaps everything is getting revoked by the King's royal perogative, driving license, passport etc for his own protection, he has not accepted his position, its well known that he had been asked to stay away from many royal events over the last year or so but pig headedly turned up anyway, the one where the prince of Wales pointedly turned his back on him and all others present ignored him was one such, he just doesnt get it, he's now facing going into some kind of internal 'exile' and will be living somewhere grace and favour on the Sandringham estate, he cant go abroad due to the risk of arrest and the lack of any countries that would allow him in, its gary glitter stuff now hes a commoner. luckily he will be able to use the estates guns etc so will not need to own personal guns, cars or anything to live the rest of his dotage out.
Holts is next door to Sandringham so perhaps a few of his guns may end up going through them.
 
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