Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth II, was not present for Her Majesty’s Jubilee, Thursday June 2, disrupted by demonstrations. He will also not attend the religious service scheduled for Friday, June 3 in London, still as part of the celebrations of the 70 years of his mother’s reign. The reason for this absence? He would have contracted the Covid-19.
Bad news, of course, but which seems to come at the right time for the 62-year-old prince, who was probably not going to be very well received by the crowd, and even his relatives. As a reminder, the Duke of York is forever deprived of a royal role, a decision taken by Buckingham Palace after learning of the sexual assaults of which he was accused. And more precisely after learning that the American justice was going to examine the civil complaint for “sexual assault” filed by an American against the Briton. The latter has been particularly embarrassed for several years by his close ties with American businessman Jeffrey Epstein, accused of sexual assault before committing suicide in prison in 2019.
Prince Harry and his wife also deprived of a balcony
A case that has not failed to tarnish the image and reputation of the royal family. Which left the sovereign no other choice than to ban her son from joining her family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to greet the crowd this Thursday. This honor goes only to family members “working” for the monarchy and their children. A sanction also applied to Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle.
However, while the case dates from January, Prince Andrew had been seen with his mother at Westminster Abbey last March, on the occasion of the ceremony in memory of Prince Philip, the husband of the Queen who died last year. An appearance badly perceived by a part of the British public opinion. Be that as it may, Prince Andrew should therefore not be present until the end of the celebrations, except for an exceptional turnaround.