“Dear Mom, Mother, Your Majesty, three in one,” he began.
On Sunday September 18, Prince Andrew published his first public tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died on September 8 in her Scottish home.
The sovereign's third child said serving her "has been an honor and a privilege".
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“Mom, I will forever cherish your love for a son, your compassion, your caring, your assurance.
I have found your infinite knowledge and wisdom, without limits or restraint.
I will miss your ideas, your advice and your humor.
As our page of adventures turns, another opens, I will always keep you close to my heart with my deepest love and gratitude, and I will go to the next one cheerfully with you as my guide. he continued in his letter, relayed by the royal correspondent Richard Palmer.
Withdrawal from public life
His appearances since the death of the queen, in particular at the vigil of the princes, on Saturday February 17, mark his great return to royal public life.
Indeed, Prince Andrew was banned last November from all official appearances, as well as deprived of his military titles, after being closely involved in the Jeffrey Epstein affair.
Indeed, the son of the queen was accused of sexual assault on Virginian Giuffre, 17 years old at the time of the facts.
The latter claimed that she had met him through the mogul Jeffrey Epstein, accused of trafficking in minors.
Threatened with a lawsuit in the United States, he ended the lawsuits by paying millions of dollars.
In video,
Jeffrey Epstein: Power, money and perversion
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Tribute that does not pass
“Prince Andrew's sickening tribute to his mother is said to come from the 'Duke of York'.
As if they were two different people.
Referring to him by another title will not rehabilitate him”, launches a user on Twitter.
And another to add: “He should reimburse the 12 million taxpayers in cash he must pay for raping a young girl, no matter how much he respects her mother”.
In video, Prince Andrew called "old pervert" passage of the coffin of Elizabeth II in Edinburgh
His comments are added to another scene, which took place on Monday, September 12.
During the procession of the queen's coffin on the Royal Mile, a young man, aged 22, had addressed the fallen prince.
"Andrew, you're an old pervert" ("Andrew, you're a sick old man", Editor's note), he declared, in the middle of a silent procession, before being tackled on the ground by Scottish police.
The man named Rory later told
Holyrood Magazine
, "Powerful men shouldn't be allowed to commit sex crimes and get away with it
. "
