Smirking Prince Andrew spotted with Queen after royal duties axed
He seemed upbeat and relaxed considering his recent controversy.
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Chadielle Fayad
Despite being surrounded by scandal, Prince Andrew was all smiles as he attended a church service with his mother Queen Elizabeth on Sunday.
In photos taken of the Duke of York in the car alongside the Queen, he seemed upbeat and relaxed considering his recent controversy.
The 59-year-old has not been seen attending church with the royal family since photos emerged of him inside disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's mansion last month.
According to theDaily Mail,the Duke spent last week hosting a golf tournament in Northern Ireland.
However, over the weekend, he added a stopover in Scotland to join his mother at her Balmoral residence.
He accompanied her Royal Highness in her car as they made their way to a church service in Crathie Kirk.
The Queen wore a bright fuschia coat and a hat adorned in white flowers.
She also wore a three-tier string of pearls and a pair of pearl drop earrings to complete the look.
According toThe Sun,the widow of Nirvana rocker, Kurt Cobain said the Duke of York turned up to her house at 1 am "looking for sex," after being introduced to the late financier.
Though they did not sleep together, the 55-year-old told her close friends that Prince Andrew was "very flirtatious."
"I was in bed when the doorbell rang at 1 am, so put on my fluffy slippers and a dressing gown, and the Queen’s second son was standing there with a protection officer, totally unannounced," she told a friend, according to the publication.
A spokesman for the father-of-two admitted that he had visited Courtney's house but claimed that the suggestion he went there looking for girls was "absolute nonsense."
Courtney Love was one of the names listed in Epstein's notorious black book (a list of the late billionaire’s contacts and close associates which was unearthed in 2012).
Courtney Love claimed that Prince Andrew once tried to seduce her after it was alleged that they were introduced through Epstein.
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In August, the Duke joined his mother and the rest of the royal family in attending a church service at Crathie Kirk just one day after Epstein's death.
His former-friend committed suicide in jail after he was arrested on charges of sex trafficking underage girls.
According to theDaily Mail, the paedophile's body was discovered at 6.30am US time at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in Manhattan, mere hours after a court in New York released 2,000 pages of previously sealed legal documents.
The court papers repeated claims that the Duke of York slept with Virginia Giuffre (formerly known as Virginia Roberts) - who was 17 at the time and one of Epstein's 'sex slaves', and groped a 21-year-old woman.
In August, the Duke joined his mother and the rest of the royal family in attending a church service at Crathie Kirk just one day after Epstein's death.
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Andrew - who was previously married to Sarah Ferguson - has denied the allegations, and has disputed a notorious photo of himself with his arm around the then teen.
A US judge struck out Ms Giuffre’s claim against Prince Andrew in 2015, labelling it “immaterial” and “impertinent.”
The Duke of York also released a statement condemning the disgraced millionaire, while Buckingham Palace said Prince Andrew would help authorities in any investigations.
Lawyers for Epstein's alleged victims claim the paedophile had 'cheated justice' and expect the criminal investigation to focus on British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, a mutual friend of Epstein and the Duke.
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