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<\/p>\nAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor emerged from his Sandringham exile on Sunday for his first public appearance since being banished from Royal Lodge earlier this year. <\/p>\n
The 66-year-old former Duke of York, who was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office in February, attended the Sandringham Horse Driving Trials on the King’s estate.<\/p>\n
He appeared to offer moral support to his sister-in-law Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, who was competing in the event.<\/p>\n
Witnesses reported that Andrew maintained an extremely low profile throughout the morning.<\/p>\n
He departed the grounds at approximately 10.30am, moments after Sophie completed her round in the competition.<\/p>\n
According to onlookers, the former royal was determined to avoid detection during his brief visit to the annual event.<\/p>\n
One witness at the scene told The Sun: “Andrew sneaked in and sneaked out and definitely didn’t want to be seen.”<\/p>\n
Rather than positioning himself near the main arena where spectators gathered, he is believed to have watched the competition from a concealed spot beneath the trees.<\/p>\n
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor emerged from his Sandringham exile on Sunday, where he joined the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh (not pictured)<\/p>\n
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The eyewitness recounted: “But I saw Andrew leave the field at 10.30am, just after Sophie had ridden her round, then I saw Edward walking towards his car smiling shortly afterwards.”<\/p>\n
His brother Edward, dressed casually in an open-necked polo shirt, departed shortly after Andrew.<\/p>\n
The Duchess of Edinburgh, 61, cut an elegant figure in a long cream jacket paired with a navy blue floral skirt and a straw boater hat.<\/p>\n
She participated in the SanDrivingHam Challenge, a competition designed to demonstrate the expertise of driver, groom and passengers across multiple sections.<\/p>\n
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was evicted from Royal Lodge in February amid the deepening Jeffrey Epstein scandal and relocated to Marsh Farm on the Sandringham estate, which has undergone extensive renovation<\/p>\n
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Unlike her husband and brother-in-law, Sophie remained at the event throughout the afternoon.<\/p>\n
She was subsequently spotted presenting awards to the competition’s victors.<\/p>\n
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are understood to have been residing at King Charles’s Wood Farm property during the three-day event, situated adjacent to Andrew’s residence.<\/p>\n
Their daughter Lady Louise, who typically participates in the trials, was absent this year.<\/p>\n
Andrew was evicted from Royal Lodge in February amid the deepening Jeffrey Epstein scandal and relocated to Marsh Farm on the Sandringham estate, which has undergone extensive renovation.<\/p>\n
Days following his move, the 66-year-old was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office.<\/p>\n
He has since been prohibited from riding horses on the King’s grounds and has seldom been spotted in public.<\/p>\n
Edward is believed to have been the first member of the Royal Family to visit his accused brother when he travelled to Sandringham over Easter.<\/p>\n
King Charles, 77, has stayed at the estate on several occasions since February but is not thought to have seen Andrew.<\/p>\n
Neither of Andrew’s daughters, Beatrice nor Eugenie, are thought to have visited their father during his exile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor emerged from his Sandringham exile on Sunday for his first public appearance since being banished from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[99770,16771,96,59,50,67994,1852,2331,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-665715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","tag-duchess-of-edinburgh","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-news","tag-prince-edward","tag-royal","tag-sgg","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}