Queen Elizabeth Shows She Doesn’t Care What the World Thinks About Prince Andrew

RICHARD POHLEHow many people can you offend in one gesture?Queen Elizabeth’s decision to have Prince Andrew as her personal escort at Westminster Abbey today for Prince Philip’s Service of Thanksgiving was as calculated as it was astonishing. They are now reportedly back at Windsor Castle, having skipped attending several receptions being held afterwards.The queen must have known that such a display of defiance would dominate the commentary across the world, even though the whole event was to honor Philip’s life, not rehabilitate Andrew, who recently agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to settle a lawsuit over allegations that he had sexually assaulted Virginia Roberts Giuffre when she was 17 and being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew has always emphatically denied the claims.Read more at The Daily Beast.