Stuart Hogg has officially been stripped of his MBE after King Charles III ordered it to be “cancelled and annulled”. The former Scotland rugby union captain pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse against his ex-wife, Gillian Smith, spanning five years in November 2024. The court heard Hogg admit to shouting and swearing at his former wife as well as tracking her movements and sending distressing and alarming messages. He managed to avoid jail but was given a community payback order (CPO) with one year of supervision and a five-year ban on approaching or contacting Gillian. After his conviction, there were widespread calls for the former British and Irish Lion to lose the MBE he received in the 2024 New Year Honours list for services to rugby. Scottish First Minister John Swinney described these demands as “reasonable and understandable”. At the time, SNP’s Commons leader Stephen Flynn confirmed that officials were “firmly on the case” to revoke the honour; however, more than a year after his conviction, Hogg still held the award, which …