Prince Andrew left the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral behind his new £ 220,000 racing green Bentley, which he had fitted with custom number plates.
The 61-year-old Duke of York was behind the 200 mph Bentley Flying Spur, which was blue when it was first delivered in September before being spray-painted.
The engine, with its license plate, was pictured exiting Windsor Castle on the way to the nearby Royal Lodge, the house Andrew shares with his 61-year-old ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
Just a few hours earlier, Prince Andrew walked behind his father’s coffin as he was slowly transported to St George’s Chapel in Windsor, behind a custom-built Land Rover body.
Inside the chapel, Andrew sat closest to the queen – with the family still separated from countless empty seats due to the rules of social distance.
The Duke’s appearance at the funeral took place 18 months after he gave up his royal duties after his disastrous Newsnight interview because of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Prince Andrew left Prince Philip’s funeral in a new £ 220,000 racing green Bentley. The 61-year-old Duke of York was sitting in the back of the 200km / h Bentley Flying Spur (the image that was arriving at the funeral) – which was blue when it was first delivered in September before being painted. with spray
Just a few hours earlier, Prince Andrew walked solemnly behind his father’s coffin as he was slowly taken to St. George’s Chapel in Windsor.
Inside the chapel, Andrew sat closest to the queen – with the family still separated from countless empty seats due to the rules of social distancing.
The new Bentley joins a fleet of Andrew’s luxury engines – including a £ 115,000 Range Rover petrol-hybrid, reports The Sun.
Prince Andrew was seen behind the car, replacing an old Bentley owned by the Duke.
This week it was revealed that Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson paid regular visits to see the queen after the death of Prince Philip.
The queen was left alone during the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral on Saturday in tear-jerking images that shocked the nation.
However, family members rushed to her after the deaths of Philip, led by Andrew and his ex-wife, with sources saying that Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex spent “a lot of time” supporting her.
As the queen returns to life without her 73-year-old husband, she will remain at Windsor Castle with a “bubble” of 22 royal household employees, including some of her closest aides.
It was revealed today that the “bubble” Windsor will be the only group to join it on Wednesday for its 95th anniversary – its first without Philip in seven decades.
Plans to mark the day with a new portrait of her will be abandoned, as she is still in the official period of royal mourning for her beloved husband.
Prince Philip’s frightening absence will be impossible to ignore, and the preparation for what should have been a joyous day will be overshadowed by speculation about the major breakup in her family.
While viewers were encouraged by the sight of William and Harry in conversation as they left their grandfather’s funeral on Saturday, sources said significant reconciliation between brothers is still a long way off.
It was said yesterday that Harry is flying back to Los Angeles very soon after he was seen with his brother and sister-in-law Kate for the first time in more than a year.
This gives little time to heal the open wounds and it is not known if the 36-year-old saw his father Prince Charles outside Saturday’s emotional proceedings.
Previously Bentley: The Duke of York was leading a 2019 model of the Bentley Flying Spur – valued at around £ 130,000
Prince Andrew drove his £ 115,000 Range Rover on Windsor property in December 2020
Kate seems to be breaking the ice outside St. George’s Chapel talking to Harry, with whom she had once been so close.
As the family group drifted away from the ceremony – an impromptu decision as a fleet of state cars had been set up for the mourners – she was slightly left behind, so the brothers, driven away by Harry and Meghan’s bitter decision. to give up royal duties and move with the US, he could speak.
The body language was suppressed and the exchange seemed to be a little more than a polite chat even, but it was a start.
Superior kings, including the Queen, Charles, William and Harry, spent more than an hour together outside the castle, before going their separate ways until 18:00.
It’s unlikely they’ve had any serious discussions, but it’s been the longest time they’ve been together as a family since Harry and Meghan left the UK more than a year ago.
However, royal sources warned last night that “a swallow does not make the summer” and the rupture between the two men, especially after the series of painful and extremely harmful accusations made by Sussex in their interview with Oprah bomb last month, remained deep.
The queen bowed her head while sitting alone in St. George’s Chapel during Saturday’s funeral
Queen’s Bentley followed the coffin from the castle to the church, behind Land Rover and her family
An inside member went so far as to suggest that the acrimony between the brothers could take years to heal, if ever.
And they pointed out that there is still widespread anger in the royal family and in the general household over the accusations brought against them by the couple – especially the claims of racism, and that Meghan was left suicidal due to lack of support.