He recently reached a financial agreement with Virginia Giuffre, the one who accuses him of having sexually assaulted her when she was 17 years old.
Suspected of being involved in the Jeffrey Epstein affair, Prince Andrew nevertheless reappeared in public on Tuesday, March 29, on the occasion of the ceremony in tribute to Prince Philip.
The Duke of York thus arrived at Westminster Abbey - and left it - on the arm of Elizabeth II.
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He would also have insisted on accompanying the sovereign to her seat.
A mission which was to be, according to the
Daily Mail
, provided by the Dean of Westminster Abbey.
Some royal correspondents were quick to wonder: did this gesture represent a form of “support” on the part of Her Majesty, who nevertheless deprived her younger brother of his royal functions?
In video, after several months without a public appearance outside Windsor, Queen Elizabeth II attended a mass in memory of Prince Philip
"In the front of the scene"
Princes Charles and William would have been "dismayed" by the attitude of Prince Andrew, the British daily revealed on Tuesday, March 29.
According to the tabloid, father and son would have accepted “with reluctance” that the duke of York goes to London alongside the queen of England.
They would thus have been "distressed" to find that the latter was placed "on the front of the stage" during the event.
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"Prince Charles wants Prince Andrew to stay 'out of sight'," headlined the
Daily Beast
on February 14.
According to the
Sun
, the future king and Prince William would have indeed campaigned in the shadows for Prince Andrew to be stripped of his military titles and patronage.
What Buckingham Palace finally agreed to, before announcing it in an official press release published on January 13.
The Duke of York had meanwhile retired from public duties in May 2020.
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