PRINCE Andrew will attend Prince Phillip’s memorial service next week in his first public appearance since settling the sex abuse allegations against him, his spokesman has revealed.
The thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey will celebrate the life of his father, Prince Philip, who died last year.
It will mark The Duke of York’s first public appearance since he paying an alleged £7 million settlement to Virginia Giuffre to get her to drop the civil sex assault case brought against him in the US.
Prince Harry has already said he will not be attending but The Queen is expected to attend the service next Tuesday.
Prince Andrew rejected any claims of wrongdoing after agreeing to make payments to Ms Giuffre and her victims’ rights charity in a settlement which ended the prospect of a trial in New York.
But there have been questions about the prince’s reputational damage and his future role in royal events.
Royal fans took to Twitter to express their outrage.
One said: “No no no! We don’t want to see him in public ever! If he must attend then the service shouldn’t be aired!”
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