The disgraced former prince Andrew, currently under arrest, officially opened the new hospital building at Chase Farm seven years ago, reports James Cracknell

The plaque previously at Chase Farm Hospital and (inset) Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at the opening event in May 2019 — The plaque at Chase Farm Hospital and (inset) Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at the opening in 2019

A plaque celebrating the official opening of Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield by disgraced former prince Andrew has been removed, an NHS trust has confirmed.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who then carried the title ‘His Royal Highness The Duke of York KG’, was a patron of Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust at the time of the opening event in May 2019, highlighted in the ninth issue of the Dispatch.

It was later that year that the infamous BBC Newsnight interview around Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein began a chain of events that led to the former prince gradually being stripped of his royal titles and removed from royal duties.

Mountbatten-Windsor’s patronages were removed in 2022, around the time of his financial settlement with one of Epstein’s victims, ending his connection to Royal Free London.

However, it’s understood that the plaque at the entrance to Chase Farm Hospital was removed later on, believed to be as recently as last year.

Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested this morning (Thursday 19th) on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

A spokesperson for Royal Free London said: “Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was removed as patron of the Royal Free London in 2022 and has had no association with the trust since then.

“The plaque at Chase Farm Hospital was taken down some time ago.”

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