Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been stripped of his last remaining military title.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed that the former prince no longer holds the honorary military rank of vice-admiral and had been reduced to the rank of commander (retired) Royal Navy.A spokesman for the MoD said: “Following formal consideration, [the] Defence Council have agreed the immediate reversion from the rank of vice-admiral to the rank of commander [retired] Royal Navy, the rank held on retirement from regular Royal Naval service by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.”This decision aligns with such processes as to remove other styles and titles.”Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been stripped of his last remaining military title | PA The Defence Secretary, John Healey, previously announced that his “last remaining title” would be removed by the Government upon guidance from King Charles.Andrew served as a naval helicopter pilot during the Falklands conflict and was made a vice-admiral on his 55th birthday in 2015.The former duke retained the rank after being required to relinquish other military affiliations in 2022.He was previously commodore-in-chief of the Navy’s Fleet Air Arm and admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps.Andrew served as a naval helicopter pilot during the Falklands conflict and was made a vice-admiral on his 55th birthday | GETTY The former prince once held honorary military titles, including colonel of the Grenadier Guards.Queen Elizabeth II stripped him of all military titles and patronages in January 2022 after his out-of-court settlement with the late Virginia Giuffre for $12million (£8.97million).Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing, and the Metropolitan Police previously considered the sex assault claims were not sufficient to warrant further investigation.On December 13, the force announced it would not launch an investigation into reports that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked his taxpayer-funded bodyguard to investigate Ms Giuffre in 2011 after addressing the claims.Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to Virginia Giuffre | GETTYIn October, The Mail on Sunday claimed Andrew passed Ms Giuffre’s date of birth and social security number to his taxpayer-funded bodyguard in 2011 and asked him to dig up dirt for a smear campaign against his accuser.Central Specialist Crime Commander Ella Marriott said the force would not launch an investigation after assessing the claims.The commander broke down the timeline of the allegations, explaining how the force reached its conclusion on each one.With the recent reports suggesting the former prince asked his “Met Police close protection officer to carry out checks on Ms Giuffre in 2011”, the force carried out a “further assessment”.The Met said it would not launch an investigation into reports that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked his taxpayer-funded bodyguard to investigate Virginia Giuffre in 2011 | GETTYCommander Marriott can confirm that the “assessment has not revealed any additional evidence of criminal acts or misconduct”.Responding to the Met’s decision, Ms Giuffre’s family said: “We are deeply disappointed that the Metropolitan Police have dropped their investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor without explanation and without speaking with us, Virginia’s family.”We emailed with a detective from the Metropolitan Police yesterday, Friday, December 12, who gave us no indication that this announcement was imminent.”Indeed, he asked us if we had any evidence we would like to present; we had not yet replied. With the Epstein files about to be released by Congress since the passage of the Epstein Transparency Act, we are surprised that the Metropolitan Police didn’t wait to see what further evidence might appear.”While we have hailed the UK’s overall handling of the case of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor previously, today we feel justice has not been served.”We continue to challenge the system that protects abusers, especially as more evidence comes to light that can hold people accountable. Our sister Virginia and all survivors are owed this much.”