Prince Andrew to be honoured with Platinum Jubilee medal from Queen despite his active child sex trafficking cases
Prince Andrew is one of the members of the Royal Family who will be honoured with a Platinum Jubilee medal from the Queen.
The Duke of York, 61, stepped back from royal duties due to controversy surrounding his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, but is still expected to receive the award.
Around 400,000 medals will be awarded to frontline members of the emergency and prison services, as well as the Armed Forces who have completed five years' work.
The medals will be given to show the monarch's gratitude for their public service.
Members of the Royal Household with one year's service and living recipients of the George and Victoria Cross will also receive the medals.
The award will also be given to members of the Royal Family even if they do not work for the Firm, as a source said it is a "purely commemorative" gesture, the Daily Express reports.
Her Majesty will celebrate 70 years on the throne in June 2022 and the occurrence will see Britain afforded an extra two days off work.
The monarch will be 96 by the time the landmark is reached, making her the first sovereign to reign for seven decades.
Buckingham Palace has confirmed June 2-5 will see a series of events reflecting HM's time at the helm, after she succeeded her father to the throne in 1952 aged just 25.
Prince Andrew, as well as Peter Phillips, Zara and Mike Tindall, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and their husbands, are set to be awarded with the medals.
The Duke of York previously received medals from his mother's Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees.
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duchess of Cambridge and the Countess of Wessex are also set to receive the medals, the Daily Express reports.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: "A wide number of members of the Royal Family will receive the Platinum Jubilee medal in line with the previous two jubilees."
It comes as Prince Andrew conceded proper service in the United States of a sexual assault lawsuit by accuser Virginia Giuffre.
He is accused of having sex with her on three occasions when she was 17, knowing she had been trafficked by Epstein.
Andrew and his accuser, now 38, jointly agreed that service was effective as of September 21, according to a Friday filing with the US District Court in Manhattan.
The prince, who denies Giuffre's claims, has until October 29 to respond to the lawsuit.
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