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The Royal Family attended the traditional Easter church service in Windsor this morning.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, along with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, attended the Easter Matins service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, with other members of the royal family.
However, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, did not join the family.
With the King’s agreement, they made alternative plans and did not attend the traditional gathering, it is understood.
The Easter service comes days after Buckingham Palace announced that Charles’ visit to the US will proceed from April 27 to April 30 as planned, despite tensions between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over the Iran war.
The Prince and Princess of Wales missed the service last year as they were spending the weekend with their children in Norfolk, and they were absent in 2024 as it came just over a week after Kate released an emotional video message disclosing that she had started a course of preventative chemotherapy.
Last year, Charles and Camilla were joined by the former Duke of York and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, at the 15th century chapel on Easter Sunday.
Since then, Andrew has been stripped by the King of both his right to be a prince and his dukedom over his association with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, though Beatrice and Eugenie kept their princess titles.
Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide last year, alleged that she was forced to have sex three times with Andrew, including when she was 17, as well as in London after she was trafficked by Epstein, and at an orgy on Epstein’s private Caribbean island.
Andrew was arrested in February, on his 66th birthday, on suspicion of misconduct in public office after allegations that he shared sensitive information with Epstein during his time as the UK’s trade envoy.
He has denied any wrongdoing over his links to Epstein regarding Ms. Giuffre, but has not directly responded to the latest allegations.
Beatrice and Eugenie have also faced scrutiny after their names appeared in the recently-released Epstein files.
World Affairs Correspondent