King Charles, William and Kate celebrate Easter without Andrew, family Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAYSun, April 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM UTC 0 The royal family is celebrating Easter weeks after turmoil for the monarchy. King Charles III and Queen Camilla, as well as Prince William, Princess Kate and their three children, attended the annual Easter church service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, weeks after Andrew MountbattenWindsor's arrest. MountbattenWindsor, his exwife Sarah Ferguson, and their daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie skipped the service after attending in 2025.
King Charles, William and Kate celebrate Easter without Andrew, family
Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAYSun, April 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM UTC
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The royal family is celebrating Easter weeks after turmoil for the monarchy.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla, as well as Prince William, Princess Kate and their three children, attended the annual Easter church service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, weeks after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest. Mountbatten-Windsor, his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, and their daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie skipped the service after attending in 2025. The king's other siblings, Princess Anne and Prince Edward, were in attendance with their families.
Dean of Windsor Christopher Cocksworth greeted the king and queen, who respectively wore a navy pinstriped suit and a red hat with matching coat.
Queen Camilla and King Charles III mingle with well-wishers after Easter service at St. George's Chapel on April 5, 2026, in Windsor, England.
Charles, 77, warmly welcomed his grandchildren, and Camilla, 78, who was handed a small bunch of flowers, wished the crowd a "Happy Easter" after the service. The king did not deliver an Easter message this year.
William and Kate made their first Easter service appearance since 2023. The family has celebrated privately since Kate revealed her cancer diagnosis in early 2024. Kate, 44, wore a cream skirt suit with a matching hat, and Princess Charlotte, 10, donned a tan coat with brown trim. William, 43, and their sons George, 12, and Louis, 7, wore similar navy suits with light blue ties.
The former Prince Andrew was arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office, making him the first senior British royal family member to be arrested in modern history.
Charles, who stripped Andrew of his royal title in October, spoke out on his brother's arrest, encouraging a "full, fair and proper" investigation.
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Disgraced former royal Andrew, the former Duke of York, has became a source of embarrassment for his brother King Charles III following a 2019 TV interview in which Andrew defended his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He was stripped of his military titles in 2022 and senior royal status, shuffled off into retirement after being sued by Virginia Giuffre, an American woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. Andrew renounced his royal titles and honors amid continued scrutiny over his Epstein connections, despite denying all allegations against him. British police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public life, according to multiple news outlets in the United Kingdom on Feb. 19, 2026. Look back at his life in the royal family, including here as Andrew arrives for the Requiem Mass service for Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral on Sept. 16, 2025, in London.
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"What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities," Charles said in the statement at the time, provided by Buckingham Palace. "In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation."
He concluded: "Let me state clearly: the law must take its course. As this process continues, it would not be right for me to comment further on this matter."
William and Kate supported Charles' statement.
The former prince has faced intense scrutiny over his friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, has denied any wrongdoing and said he regrets the friendship; he has not been charged.
Contributing: Kim Willis, USA TODAY, and Suban Abdulla, Reuters
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