Geoffrey Donaldson was knighted by the king

Geoffrey Donaldson, former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, was stripped of his knighthood by the King.

Donaldson was a Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2024. In June, he was charged with 18 counts of sexual assault including one rape of two women as children.

After the loss He asked to be removed from the Privy Council and that his knighthood should perish.

It was announced on Thursday. It was published in the newspaper, External – one of the UK’s official record journals – stating that Charles III had ordered the annulment of Donaldson’s knighthood.

The notice published by the Central Chancery of the Knighthood reads: “The King has directed that the knighthood granted to Geoffrey Mark Donaldson as Knight Bachelor on 11 June 2016 be revoked and revoked.”

It was Donaldson He was awarded an honor in the Queen’s Birthday Honors List In 2016

he was. He was removed from the Privy CouncilAdvising the emperor, earlier in July.