Monday 20 June 2022 02:13 AM Queen and Charles now ONLY royals honoured with Union Flag over government ... trends now
The Queen and Prince Charles will be the only royals honoured with the Union Flag flying over government buildings on their birthdays.
In a bid reportedly to save Prince Andrew from embarrassment the honour was stripped from the Duke of York as well as William, Kate, Anne, Edward, Camilla and Sophie.
The government decision is believed to have been agreed upon by the 96-year-old monarch, the Sun reported.
A number of councils allegedly said they would not obey a rule to fly it for Andrew on his birthday earlier this year because of the disgraced Duke of York's association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his lawsuit with Virginia Roberts.
The Queen and Prince Charles will be the only royals honoured with the Union Flag flying over government buildings on their birthdays. In a bid reportedly to save Prince Andrew from embarrassment the honour was stripped from the Duke of York as well as William, Kate, Anne, Edward, Camilla and Sophie
The Government publishes a list each year of designated days for the flag to fly over governmental buildings. Pictured: Union Flag on a tower of Parliament
The Queen's second son was stripped of his official duties this year as he paid a settlement, worth £12million to Virginia Roberts, who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was 17
Prince Andrew pictured taking a stroll through New York's Central Park with convicted paedophile and child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein
The Queen's second son was stripped of his official duties this year after he paid a settlement worth £12million to Virginia Roberts, who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was 17.
The Government publishes a list each year of designated days for the flag to fly over governmental buildings.
Yet the guidance on flags changed in 2022 according to archives of its code on flying the Union Flag, with the alteration meaning the Duke of York's February 19
