Andrew And His Family Absent As British Royals Attend Easter Service

LONDON — Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla attended nan ​traditional Easter work astatine Windsor Castle connected Sunday, joined by his eldest boy and heir to nan throne Prince William, woman Catherine, and their 3 children astatine St George's ⁠Chapel.

The Easter Matins work is an important fixture successful nan almanac of nan king, who is ultimate politician of nan Church of England.

The Dean of Windsor, Christopher Cocksworth, greeted Charles and Camilla, who wore a reddish ⁠hat and coat, arsenic they ​arrived ⁠for nan Easter Matins, which was besides attended by Prince Edward and Anne, nan Princess Royal, and different royals.

Charles ⁠and Camilla, who was handed a posy of flowers, wished "Happy Easter" ​to ⁠members of nan crowd ‌after nan work ended.

From left, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince George of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales and Prince William, Prince of Wales be nan 2026 Easter Matins Service astatine St. George's Chapel.Karwai Tang / WireImage via Getty Images

The monarch's younger relative Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was arrested successful February by constabulary connected suspicion of misconduct successful nationalist office, ‌was absent aft attending past year's Easter ‌gathering accompanied by ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.

Their daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, were besides absent connected Sunday. The determination to miss Sunday's work was nan princesses' choice, ⁠not Charles', a royal root said past week.

King Charles, who did not present an Easter connection this year, was urged connected Saturday by nan family of Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre to meet survivors during his authorities sojourn to nan U.S. later this month. They said nan travel coincided pinch nan day of her ‌death.

Giuffre had accused nan precocious U.S. financier Epstein ​of trafficking her to Mountbatten-Windsor, erstwhile she was 17.

The disgraced ‌former prince, who has ⁠denied nan allegations and said he had nary recollection of ⁠meeting Giuffre, reached an out-of-court colony pinch her successful 2022 without admitting wrongdoing.

Separately, Sarah Mullally, ‌the archbishop of ​Canterbury and nan first female to ‌head nan Church of England, ​delivered her first Easter sermon astatine Canterbury Cathedral connected Sunday.