Alexander Larman

Prince Andrew’s Easter appearance was a royal blunder

Prince Andrew, Duke of York attends the traditional Easter Sunday Service in Windsor (Credit: Getty images)

Every Christmas, Easter and other public gathering, the Royal Family are faced with an unfortunate choice: what to do about the two pariahs in their midst?

One of them, Prince Harry, is sulkily ensconced in Montecito, and tends mainly to pop up in this country when he’s fighting yet another legal battle. The other, however, who has been even more of a public embarrassment over the past six years, resists any entreaty to remove himself from the spotlight. Should the Firm simply throw Prince Andrew out altogether, or allow him to tag along whenever they’re all assembled, and hope for the best?

It was the latter option that the royals took this Easter Sunday.

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