Prince Andrew to appear alongside The Queen next month as her back-to-work diary is revealed
THE Queen will appear alongside Prince Andrew at a remembrance service for Prince Philip.
Royal sources confirmed the Duke of York is expected at the ceremony at Westminster Abbey on March 29.
It will come just days after Andrew, 61, is due to give his witness statement to US lawyers in his sex abuse case.
But Prince Harry has not confirmed if he will fly back from California to join other royals.
He is suing the Government for not allowing him to pay for police protection after his taxpayer-funded security was withdrawn.
The event is one of three “back-to-work” dates the Queen, 95, has next month following her health scare in October.
Buckingham Palace yesterday said Her Majesty will immediately “be resuming her normal duties”, which include audiences, credentials and privy council meetings — but some may be virtual audiences.
Sources close to her say it is possible that tomorrow she may hold her first audience or call with PM Boris Johnson since mid-December.
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The Palace announced the Queen is to host a Diplomatic Reception at Windsor Castle on March 2 — just eight days before Prince Andrew's planned deposition.
The monarch will also appear at The Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on March 14.
She will return to the Abbey to lead her family and the country in a service of remembrance for her husband, who died last April aged 99.
The Sun revealed yesterday that the Queen was ending her enforced break caused by a health scare.
She was ordered on “light duties” after undergoing “preliminary investigations” and spending a night in hospital.
Her Majesty travelled back to Windsor Castle yesterday from Sandringham, Norfolk, where she marked 70 years on the throne.
She went 52 days without an official engagement before Saturday’s reception at Sandringham.
A source said: “The Queen is adamant that she does not want to become a ‘digital monarch’, who the public only see sitting in an armchair taking video calls.
“She will continue to use her walking stick as a comfort when needed and listen to medical advice.
“Prince Andrew is expected at the service of thanksgiving as he is a son of the Duke of Edinburgh.”
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Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, said: “One of the Queen’s Ladies-in-Waiting once told me that the Queen told her, ‘If I stop then I drop’.
“The Queen won’t be happy to sit down in front of the TV for the rest of her days. It is the way she has always lived her life.”
