Prince Andrew excluded from historic Order of the Garter procession for second year in a row as King Charles follows the lead of his late mother
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The disgraced Duke of York will not take part in the Order of the Garter procession on Monday.
Prince Andrew, 63, did not take part in the procession last year but was allowed to wear the lavish robes at the coronation of the King and Queen on May 6.
His exclusion suggests that the King does not plan to soften his stance towards his embattled brother – who has been banned from many royal events since stepping back as a working royal in 2019.
The third child of the late Queen Elizabeth II is said to be embroiled in a fight over his £30million Windsor home, Royal Lodge, with his elder brother.
The home has been earmarked for the Prince and Princess of Wales, reports say, leaving Buckingham Palace aides desperate to shift Prince Andrew, despite 55 years remaining on his lease.
Prince Andrew, 63, wears the lavish Order of the Garter robes to attend the coronation of his older brother the King on May 6
The Most Noble Order of the Garter is the oldest British order of chivalry and the oldest national order of knighthood in existence (Pictured: the King and Queen on June 13, 2022)
Last minute interventions by the now King and Prince of Wales prohibited the errant royal from participating in last year’s ceremony – although his name was already printed in the order of service alongside that of Prince Edward.
The Most Noble Order of the Garter, which is the oldest British order of chivalry and the oldest national order of knighthood in existence, is limited to 24 Knights or Ladies Companion in addition to the King and Prince of Wales.
It also includes ‘supernumerary members’, including foreign monarchs and other royals, such as Prince Andrew.
In celebration of the first parade of the King’s reign, Queen Camilla has been made a Royal Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Scotland’s greatest order of chivalry, joining the Princess Royal and Princess of Wales, who also hold the honour.
Prince Andrew is expected to be present at the investiture at Windsor Castle and at a lunch held in the Waterloo Chamber afterwards but will not be photographed with the rest of the family.
The Order of the Garter procession in 2014. Prince Andrew (left) is picture with both of his brothers and Prince William
It is a further example of the coolness of relations between the Duke of York and his extended family (Pictured: the Order of the Garter procession in 2015)
Andrew, who took over Royal Lodge from the late Queen Mother on a long-term lease, and has ploughed up to £7million of his own fortune into renovations
Sources told The Telegraph he had not expected a U-turn from the royals on his participation in formal events such as the Garter parade.
It is a further example of the coolness of relations between the Duke of York and his extended family, despite signs that he had been welcomed back to the royal fold.
He appeared with the rest of the family for their Sandringham church trip on Christmas Day and was also seen in Windsor on Easter Sunday.
The prince is facing renewed questions about his relationship with serial sexual abuser and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, after emails emerged suggesting he ‘lied’ in his bombshell BBC interview with Emily Maitlis.
A message written by the late billionaire paedophile and released as part of a court case in the US shows he was presenting Andrew, 63, as a potential investor in 2011, despite the royal claiming to have ended all contact in 2010.
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