Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was photographed in Norfolk on Thursday with a striking purple mark across his face, as the former prince and one-time Duke of York prepares to give evidence at a criminal trial this summer. The bruise, visible as he drove a Land Rover near Marsh Farm on the Sandringham Estate, has already prompted fresh scrutiny of Andrew and his increasingly troubled life away from the royal frontline.
The images emerged only weeks after a security scare on the same estate and amid an ongoing police investigation into Andrew's conduct. According to reports, the 66-year-old's facial injury is being linked to what sources have described as a 'non-serious medical condition,' an attempt to head off speculation that something more sinister had occurred.
