Вы можете использовать запрос как этот:
SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE('<br>Hello<br>world<br>','^(<br>)*(.*?)(<br>)*$','\\2');
Sample
MariaDB [(none)]> SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE('<br>Hello<br>world<br>','^(<br>)*(.*?)(<br>)*$','\\2');
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| REGEXP_REPLACE('<br>Hello<br>world<br>','^(<br>)*(.*?)(<br>)*$','\\2') |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Hello<br>world |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE('Hello<br>world<br>','^(<br>)*(.*?)(<br>)*$','\\2');
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| REGEXP_REPLACE('Hello<br>world<br>','^(<br>)*(.*?)(<br>)*$','\\2') |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Hello<br>world |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE('<br>Hello<br>world','^(<br>)*(.*?)(<br>)*$','\\2');
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| REGEXP_REPLACE('<br>Hello<br>world','^(<br>)*(.*?)(<br>)*$','\\2') |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Hello<br>world |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE('Hello<br>world','^(<br>)*(.*?)(<br>)*$','\\2');
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| REGEXP_REPLACE('Hello<br>world','^(<br>)*(.*?)(<br>)*$','\\2') |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
| Hello<br>world |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]>