Prince Andrew Not Returning To Royal Duties: Duke ‘Permanently Relegated’

Prince Andrew will never return to royal duties because he has been “permanently relegated.”

The Duke of York stepped down from his post a few months ago following his controversial Newsnight interview in which he decided to address the issue associating him with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Initially, Prince Andrew only wanted to clear his name by denying the allegations against him. However, everything backfired, forcing him to eventually resign.

According to royal correspondent Roya Nikkhah, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s dad will not be resuming his official duties.

“The Duke of York will not resume official duties. The royal family has ‘no plans to review’ his status,” Nikkhah wrote on Twitter.

“After temporarily stepping back from public life over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew has now been permanently relegated @thesundaytimes.”

Prince Andrew stepped back in hopes of resuming his official duties later on. However, a source said that the duke might not return to pulic life again and Nikkhah confirmed it.

“Yet for the Duke of York, it is game over at age 60. Prince Andrew, who stepped back from public life last year ‘for the foreseeable future’, will not resume official duties,” Nikkhah wrote for The Sunday Times.

“The monarch’s reportedly favourite child is not expected to represent her on the public stage again. The royal family has “no plans to review” his position and the Queen is believed to be resigned to her second son’s permanent removal from public life.”

Prince Andrew was saved from further embarrassment after the Queen announced that she was canceling Trooping the Colour, which was set to happen on June 13. Prior to the cancellation, it had been decided that Prince Andrew would not be joining the procession. The military officials insisted that his presence would “unfairly damage the reputation of the Queen and the monarchy.”

Meanwhile, many noticed that the Queen removed Prince Andrew’s HRH title when he greeted him on his 60th birthday in February.

“On this day in 1960, Prince Andrew was born at Buckingham Palace, the first child born to a reigning monarch for 103 years. Happy Birthday to The Duke of York,” the Queen’s birthday greeting read.

In 2018 and 2019, the Queen used HRH when she greeted the Duke of York on his birthday. The recent birthday greeting convinced many that the monarch would be stripping her favorite son of his royal title.