Andrew was on the church walkabout this morning

[meh2022]

I was surprised (and not in a good way) to see Andrew join the rest of the royal family at the Christmas service at Sandringham church this morning. He even shook hands with at least one member of the crowd. Surely he should be kept away from the public if the royal family have any desire whatsoever to keep the monarchy going? What is Charles thinking in allowing him to join them?!

Okay, so maybe they can’t physically keep him away (although I do believe Charles could tell him in no uncertain terms not to come if he truly wanted to). But whether it’s a private or public event or whatever, the optics still look terrible and are only strengthening the argument for abolishing the monarchy.

I would say the latter. Why should he care? This is a man who has done whatever he has wanted to do, whenever, with help from the public purse.

@antelopevalley

It was a church service. The Royal family can't win with you. I have no doubt that if Charles had banned him from attending, or William had taken one look at him and drop kicked him off the church grounds, you would have been on here ranting about how disgusting it was that the King aka the supreme governor of the Church of England prevented someone from going to church on Christmas day, a place where everyone is supposed to be welcome.

Interesting. Thank you

@meh2022

Charles couldn't win in this situation. If he told his brother not to go to the church service on Christmas day, some people would have raised merry hell about it. He was in an impossible situation on this occasion. Save for anger for Andrew, who showed he has an appalling lack of self awareness and zero decency for attending.

Thank you for the link, however the Christmas Day service is not listed as a royal engagement on it as you alleged.

Whatever you, or anyone else, thinks he is still a member of the family and therefore is entitled to join them for family things. Seriously, why do so many of you care so much?

Added in a few days? Then why is last years Christmas service in 2021 also not listed?

Some of the comments on this thread are sickening - so hypocritical! He's done so much and yet so many people still out defending him like he pays your rent/mortgage! If only this sympathy was shown to the King's SON, Harry! I'll hold my breath...

I bet if we looked at the history of the people who are defending him have bad mouthed Harry and Meghan 🙄

This thread is not about them. Please do not make it so.

If my relative was a nonce I wouldn't care about protocol, they wouldn't be spending Christmas with me

he isnt a nonce ffs, she was 17.

He has never been convicted of anything. Being a sleezebag is not a criminal offence. I dislike him for many reasons but all those calling him a paedophile and a rapist need to stop for a moment and ask themselves is that really true. Or has the MN morality police decided that he is too much of a sinner to go to church on Christmas day?

Sorry, if my middle aged male relative liked sleeping with vulnerable teenage girls I wouldn't be spending Christmas with them.

This

She was trafficked. And if this was your relative and you would have no issue being around them, then you have despicably low standards.

I'm not a fan of the Royals at all but nobody can stop him going to church, or spending Christmas with his family.

I hope you have this same anger towards other men like him.

Because the Christmas walk was cancelled last year amid rumours about the Queen's health.
Even they do not add imaginary events to the court circular.

Going to the church privately is fine.
Doing the walk to church and shaking hands is a Royal Family public engagement. Andrew did this. We were told he would not do any public engagements again. And yet here he is.

Only because he bought his way out of the conviction with tax payers money !

He attended Church twice today. An early service then the one with the family.

People on here still arguing Andrews's innocence despite all evidence to the contrary.