King Charles has no legal power to simply “order” individual royals removed from the line of succession, and there is no evidence that Andrew, Harry, Beatrice, or Eugenie have been struck out.
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Any such sweeping change would require an act of Parliament across all the Commonwealth realms where Charles is head of state, not a private royal decree.
The current line of succession is governed by long‑standing laws such as the Bill of Rights 1689, the Act of Settlement 1701, and later reforms like the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, which adjusted rules on gender and marriage but did not give the monarch a personal veto over who stays in or out. While the King has clear control over who receives public funding, patronages, and working‑royal status, that is separate from their place in the hereditary order.
What Charles can do is sideline relatives in practical terms: deny them official roles, keep them off the royal balcony, and remove or withhold military and royal patronages. That is essentially what has already happened with Andrew and, in a different way, with Harry since he stepped back from royal duties. But on paper, they remain in the succession, as do Beatrice and Eugenie.
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