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Stephanie Colderick

Queen's funeral will be 'last we'll see of Prince Andrew in public life' according to royal biographer

The death of Queen Elizabeth II has meant that many members of the Royal family have been hugely in the public eye. From King Charles III visiting Wales for the first time as King to Prince George and Princess Charlotte attending the Queen's state funeral, all focus has been on the Royal family.

This included Prince Andrew, the Queen's middle son, who was stripped of his miliitary and HRH titles in early 2022 and resigned from public roles in May 2020, after his controversial Newsnight interview about his relationship with late convicted sex offender, Jeffery Epstien. Now Royal biographer Tina Brown has said that the Queen's funeral will be the "last time that you are going to see him in public life."

Speaking on the ITV morning show Lorraine Tina explained that now Andrew's "protector" the Queen had gone, it was very unlikely Andrew would have a key role in the Royal family. She said: "That's it for Andrew. You saw how bereft he looked because his one protector has gone."

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She added: "Andrew is done. That was his last time I think that you are going to see him in public life." Throughout the Royal proceedings before the funeral, including members of the Royal family standing vigil around the Queen's coffin and the parade to Westminster Abbey, there has been many questions raised about Andrew wearing his military uniform.

He was not allowed to wear his military uniform to the funeral as Buckingham Palace said only working members of the Royal family could wear their military uniforms. Andrew served in the Royal Navy for 22 years and was able to wear his military medals to the funeral.

Prince Andrew was given an exemption as a “special mark of respect” at Friday’s Vigil of the Princes when the 62-year-old wore the full uniform of a Vice Admiral of the Navy.

In February of this year, the royal reached an out-of-court settlement in a civil case at a New York court with Virginia Giuffre, who alleged the prince sexually assaulted her on three occasions when she was 17. Andrew repeatedly denied the allegations and the February settlement also made no admission of guilt.

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