Prince Andrew drives to lunch with the Queen and Prince Philip on royals’ Sandringham estate

Prince Andrew joined the Queen and Prince Philip for lunch at Sandringham today to keep his mother company in the midst of the Megxit crisis.

The Duke of York was pictured rumbling through the Norfolk estate behind the wheel of his Land Rover Defender.  

Wearing a flat cap and green fleecy coat, he drove with a man and mystery blonde woman to Wood Farm where he met his regal parents following a shoot.

Andrew kick-started the recent months of Royal woes when he was forced to quit frontline duties following a toe-curling Newsnight interview where he failed to apologise for befriending paedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. 

Chaos is still raging through the Family’s ranks, but the spotlight has instead swivelled on to his nephew Harry, who is stepping back as a senior royal to become financially independent with wife Meghan Markle.  

Wearing a flat cap and green fleecy coat, he drove with a man and mystery blonde woman to Wood Farm where he met his regal parents following a shoot

Andrew has unsurprisingly taken a back seat during the ongoing Mexgit storm and was not invited to last Monday’s summit with Princes Charles, William and Harry to thrash out a solution to the Sussexes future.

As it was revealed that talks between the Palace and Sussex households have ground to deadlock, the Queen emerged stony-faced on her estate this morning.

Before her lunch with Andrew, she was spotted wrapped up in a patterned head scarf and wearing dark glasses in the driver’s seat of her Land Rover.

Prince Philip, who is believed to be incandescent about the current Royal crisis, has not been seen in public since Monday.     

Andrew broke cover on Wednesday when he was seen grinning as he swept out of Buckingham Palace in his £220,000 Bentley Continental GT.

The Queen’s middle son has taken to shunning public outings and did not partake in the traditional Christmas Day church service, driving back to the house after a private ceremony with Charles.

Andrew (pictured behind the wheel today) has unsurprisingly taken a back seat during the ongoing Mexgit storm and was not invited to last Monday’s summit with Princes Charles, William and Harry to thrash out a solution to the Sussexes future

The Queen appeared stony-faced as she drove through Sandringham on Saturday while Harry prepared for more meetings in the UK

Andrew kick-started the recent months of Royal woes when he was forced to quit frontline duties following a toe-curling Newsnight interview where he failed to apologise for befriending paedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein (pictured on the Sandringham estate with Ghislaine Maxwell in 2000 as a guest of the Duke)

Many of the Duke’s royal patronages also sought to distance themselves from him following the programme on November and he eventually announced he was stepping down from all his patronages and his royal duties. 

During the interview on Newsnight, Andrew said he did not recall meeting alleged sex-slave Virginia Roberts – now known as Virginia Giuffre – and emphatically denied that he had sex with her.

The royal denied sweating heavily on the dance floor at Tramp nightclub with her, on the basis he had suffered from a medical condition at the time which meant he did not sweat.

Andrew also sought to cast doubt on the authenticity of a photograph that showed him with his arm around Miss Roberts’ waist, but conceded that it was difficult to prove if it was a fake. 

Andrew broke cover on Wednesday when he was seen grinning as he swept out of Buckingham Palace in his £220,000 Bentley Continental GT