Queen Cancels Prince Andrew's 60th Birthday Bash, Brits Want Him Banned From Public Events

Recently, Prince Andrew took part in an interview with BBC in efforts to not only deviate the attention of the public from his friendship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein but also to lay down his defence against allegations against himself. As we know, the interview proved to be rather disastrous and backfired on Andrew, resulting in a series of fallouts for the Duke of York which started with him being relieved of his royal duties.

And now, news is that the Queen has cancelled the 60th birthday celebrations of Prince Andrew in light of his “car crash” interview with BBC. So, now, instead of the grand party, the Queen will be hosting a small family dinner for Andrew on February 19, 2020, as reported by The Sunday Times.

But his cancelled birthday party should be the last on his list of things to worry about as the general consensus is that he shouldn’t be a part of public events attended by the Royal family such as Trooping the Colour and Remembrance Sunday.

As per a new YouGov poll, by The Sunday Times, wherein 1,677 people were surveyed, 51 per cent were of the opinion that the Duke of York should abstain from attending any royal gatherings, even the Queen's birthday. Of those remaining, 28 per cent said that he should continue to be at such events with the royal family while 21 per cent were not sure. 58 per cent of those surveyed found Andrew’s interview to be catastrophic and to have damaged the reputation of the royal family.

The prime agenda of Prince Andrew for openly admitting his friendship with disgraced financier and sex trafficked Jefferey Epstein was to clear his name of all allegations. It also included Virginia Roberts, now Giuffre, claims of being forced to have sex with Andrew while she was still a minor.

But his efforts to convince everyone of his innocence have not really borne any results as according to the poll only eight per cent believed him to be telling the truth in the interview, with 54 per cent saying he wasn't. In fact, 45 per cent thought the allegations made by Virginia Giuffre were 'probably true'.

On November 20, 2019, Prince Andrew stepped down from his public duties as his “ill-judged” association with Epstein has become a “major disruption” to the royal family.