UK: At Queen Elizabeth's funeral, Prince Andrew won't wear a military uniform, in contrast to other senior British royals, underscoring his ongoing estrangement from the family.
In light of the ongoing fallout from a sex assault scandal, Andrew had his "His Royal Highness" and honorary military titles revoked at the beginning of the year.
The 62-year-old made his public return this past weekend after being essentially exiled from royal life due to claims that he had sex with a Jeffrey Epstein victim in the United States.
On the day of the queen's passing on Thursday, he was seen being driven to her Balmoral estate. He later made an appearance in Scotland on Saturday and Sunday with other senior royals who were in mourning.
Andrew will only don military colours for a final vigil in Westminster Hall, according to the domestic British Press Association news agency, while other family members will wear uniforms for five different commemorative events for the queen, including her state funeral next Monday.
Andrew served as an honorary colonel for the Grenadier Guards, a unit of the Household Division that watches over Buckingham Palace and is distinguished by its soldiers' distinctive bearskin hats and red tunics.
He was frequently referred to as the queen's "favourite son" and accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl who said Epstein had delivered her to him in 2001.
In February, a US civil lawsuit concerning the allegations—which Andrew vigorously denied—was resolved for an undisclosed sum.
Experts predict that King Charles will declare his younger brother's exile to be permanent.
It is unknown if Prince Harry, who moved to the United States in early 2020 and is now a non-working royal, will wear military attire to royal events this week and next.
Harry is a former British Army captain who saw duty in Afghanistan.
Since Andrew, a senior royal who piloted Royal Navy helicopters in the 1982 Falklands War with Argentina, he was the last senior royal to serve on the front lines in a war zone.
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