City Corporation approves new power to remove Freedom of the City of London

· Court of Common Council approves process for removing the Freedom of the City of London · Decision follows review finding no previous effective lawful mechanism to remove Freedoms · In May, City of London Corporation elected Members instructed officers to pursue steps to lawfully remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Freedom of the City of London · New process will now be followed “as a matter of urgency” to ensure that a decision is made in relation to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Freedom The City of London Corporation's Court of Common Council, the organisation's principal decision-making body, has today approved a process enabling the Freedom of the City of London to be removed from individuals. Elected Members approved an Act of Common Council giving the Court the power to remove a Freedom. The decision follows a detailed legal review which concluded that there was previously no effective lawful mechanism to do so. Under the new process, each case would be considered on its individual circumstances and in accordance with the law. The person concerned would be informed and given opportunities to make written representations before a final decision is taken. In May, the Court ins