He will still attend a private lunch with the Queen and other members of the order…reports Asian Lite News
The Duke of York has reportedly pulled out of a public appearance at Windsor Castle on Monday amid claims that he pushed for a return to royal duties as Prince Charles and Prince William asked the Queen not to give in to the disgraced royal, the Daily Mail reported.
Prince Charles had also asked the Queen to be reinstated as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, according to The Telegraph report.
However, Andrew– who missed the Jubilee celebrations a week ago because he had Covid – dramatically pulled out of Order of the Garter ceremony, despite being a member of the ancient order of chivalry.
He will still attend a private lunch with the Queen and other members of the order.
Buckingham Palace had insisted that Andrew would attend the ceremony, because the honour was given to him in a personal capacity by the Queen, according to Daily mail report.
Charles and William were said to have blocked Andrew from appearing at Order of the Garter ceremony after lobbying the Queen, according to The Sun.
Andrew, 62, was stripped of his official duties at the start of the year as he prepared to pay a multi-million-pound settlement to Virginia Roberts Giuffre to keep her allegations of sexual abuse, which he denies, out of court.
Andrew is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
In January, a New York judge ruled against the motion by Andrew’s legal team to dismiss a civil lawsuit brought against him by Virginia Giuffre. She alleged that she was trafficked by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and forced to perform sex acts with the prince at the age of 17. Andrew has vigorously denied those claims.
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