Australia will support a plan to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from ever becoming king, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed overnight.

The embattled former prince was stripped of his titles by King Charles III last year over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, however he remains eighth in line to the throne.

As calls grow for the British government to strip Mountbatten-Windsor of his succession rights after his arrest last week, Albanese has written to his UK counterpart, Keir Starmer, to confirm Australia wants no chance of him becoming our head of state.

‘In light of recent events concerning Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, I am writing to confirm that my government would agree to any proposal to remove him from the line of royal succession,’ Albanese wrote.

‘I agree with His Majesty that the law must now take its full course and there must be a full, fair and proper investigation.

‘These are grave allegations and Australians take them seriously.’

A change to the line of succession will likely require legislation from the UK and all other countries where King Charles is head of state – including Australia.

A spokesman for Starmer confirmed receipt of the letter and that Australia was the only one of the other 14 Commonwealth realms so far to have indicated it would support remove the former prince from the line of succession.

Anthony Albanese is the first leader of a Commonwealth country to confirm support of laws to strip Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of his succession rights

He described the allegations against Andrew as ‘grave’ in a letter to British PM Keir Starmer

The disgraced royal was arrested last week under suspicion of misconduct in public office

‘We are considering whether further steps are required in relation to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and we are not ruling anything out,’ the spokesman added.

‘But given the ongoing police investigation it would not be appropriate for the Government to comment further at this stage.’

The disgraced royal was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on Thursday, with police raiding his properties in Sandringham, Norfolk and Windsor, Berkshire.

He was released under investigation after 11 hours of questioning.

He stands accused of sharing sensitive information with Epstein while he was working as the UK’s trade envoy.

At least nine police forces in the UK are believed to have launched investigations into accusations made against Mountbatten-Windsor.