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Daily Mirror
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Zoe Forsey

William 'knew risk' of Andrew's role but Queen wanted to 'send message', says expert

The Queen sent a "very clear" message about the role Prince Andrew will play in the royal family's future by choosing to walk into the Duke of Edinburgh's memorial arm-in-arm with him, a royal expert has claimed.

Long rumoured to be the Monarch's favourite child, the disgraced Duke supported his mother as she walked into Westminster Abbey amid her current mobility issues.

Today's service of thanksgiving was the first major royal engagement Andrew has been allowed to attend since being stripped of his titles earlier this year. It's also the first time he's been seen in public since he settled his civil sex case with Virginia Giuffre.

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