Jeffrey Donaldson stripped of knighthood by King

Jeffrey Donaldson stripped of knighthood by KingImage source, PA MediaImage caption, Jeffrey Donaldson was convicted on 22 JuneByLuke SprouleBBC News NIPublished23 July 2026, 14:47 BSTUpdated Just nowFormer Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been stripped of his knighthood by the King.Donaldson, who was an MP from 1997 until 2024, was convicted in June of 18 counts of sex abuse including one count of rape, which he committed against two women when they were children.In the aftermath of his conviction he asked to be removed from the Privy Council and for his knighthood to be forfeited.On Thursday a notice was published in The Gazette, external - one of the UK's official journals of record - stating that Charles III had directed the cancellation of Donaldson's…

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