Prince Andrew was seen out for the first time amid a Chinese spy row - after being urged to 'do the right thing' and uninvite himself from the Royal Family 's Christmas lunch. The disgraced Duke appeared glum this morning as he drove his Range Rover.
Prince Andrew has pulled out of joining the Royal Family for Christmas at Sandringham, MailOnline can reveal today.
Their Majesties had made clear privately that it would be a 'blessing' if Sarah - known to them still as 'Fergie' - were to persuade her ex-husband to 'see sense' and tactfully withdraw from public gatherings over the next week as the storm around his dealings with an alleged Chinese spy still rages.
Remarkably the couple still live together at the grand Windsor mansion Andrew has on a long-term lease from the Crown Estate that is at the centre of much of his most recent controversy. Read More Royal insiders say King is hoping Andrew will 'do the right thing' and STAY AWAY this Christmas Businessman Mr Yang became a 'close' confidant of the Duke and has also been pictured with senior politicians including Lord David Cameron and Baroness Theresa May.
The 50-year-old worked as a junior civil servant in China before heading to the UK in 2002 to study and he was granted indefinite leave to remain in 2013.The Pitch@Palace initiative was the Duke's scheme to support entrepreneurs. Judges at a specialist tribunal in London last week ruled Mrs Braverman had been 'entitled to conclude' that he 'represented a risk to the national security' after he launched an appeal against the decision.
And after the service, the duke laughed and threw up his hands as he joked with well-wishes, and was joined by Sarah - making a return to the royal fold after missing Sandringham for a number of decades.
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