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Prince Andrew is meeting with The Queen every day as he desperately bids to restore his reputation with the public and his mother ahead of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
The Duke of York, who earlier this year agreed to pay a huge sum to settle the sex abuse scandal case before it ever reached a jury, is making daily visits with the monarch at Windsor Castle.
According to royal insiders, he is reportedly driving the five miles from Royal Lodge home for pre-lunch visits to ensure the Queen is ‘comfortable and looked after’.
Andrew – who was joined by two companions for a morning horse ride in Windsor Great Park this morning – was stripped of all his honorary military titles and designation HRH in January in light of the civil sex abuse case with Virginia Giuffre.
Ms Giuffre claims she was forced to have sex with the duke three times when she was 17 under Epstein’s orders. Andrew has repeatedly denied the allegation.
One royal source told the Mirror: ‘Andrew is doing all he can to make amends for the shame he brought on his family for being involved in such a scandal.
‘He wants to make it up to the Queen which is why he is doing all he can to see her as much as possible.
‘The rest of the family, apart from Her Majesty, are united in feeling that he should stay out of the limelight and keep quiet having left such a stain on the family.’
The news comes after it emerged Andrew, 62, will take part in the ceremony at Windsor Castle on June 13 alongside other senior royals for what is one of the most important ceremonies in the Royal calendar.
His name will also appear in the next day’s Court Circular, and will attend Garter Day ceremonies as a Royal Knight.
Nearly 700 years later, the Order is the oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry in Britain. The Knights, now both male and female, used to be limited to aristocracy, but today they are chosen from a variety of backgrounds, in recognition for their public service.
The annual iconic Garter Day procession, where The Queen and the Knights process in grand velvet robes, glistening insignia and plumed hats, is one of the most traditional ceremonies in the Queen’s calendar.
