Overview
- The Gazette on 5 March records King Charles directing that Stuart Hogg’s MBE be cancelled and annulled, with his name erased from the Order’s register.
- Hogg pleaded guilty in November 2024 at Selkirk Sheriff Court to abusing his estranged wife over several years, including shouting, swearing, tracking her movements and sending alarming messages.
- In January 2025, he received a community payback order with one year of supervision, and the court imposed a five-year non-harassment order.
- Political leaders and advocacy groups had urged forfeiture, with SNP figures Stephen Flynn and John Swinney and women’s aid organizations calling for the honour to be withdrawn.
- Hogg, 33, is a former Scotland captain with 100 caps and British & Irish Lions tours who currently plays for Montpellier in France.