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		</div><p>The Queen has made her first appearance following the announcement that Harry and Meghan will be stepping back from the royal family.</p>
<p>Prince Andrew joined the Queen at St Mary the Virgin church in Norfolk to attend a Sunday service in his first public appearance since a &#8220;car crash&#8221; TV interview where he spoke about his friendship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.</p>
<p>Wearing a grey houndstooth checked dress and matching coat with a grey hat, the monarch smiled broadly as she arrived at the church in Hillington close to her estate.</p>
<p>In a statement issued after royal family talks concluded on Saturday, Harry and Meghan announced they will stop carrying out royal duties from the spring, no longer use HRH and will repay the taxpayers’ millions spent on their Berkshire home.</p>
<p>Harry and Meghan said that under the agreement they understood they were “required” to step back from royal duties.</p>
<p>The Queen said she recognised the “challenges” the couple had faced over the past year, and added: <em>“I want to thank them for all their dedicated work across this country, the Commonwealth and beyond, and am particularly proud of how Meghan has so quickly become one of the family.</em></p>
<p><em>“It is my whole family’s hope that today’s agreement allows them to start building a happy and peaceful new life.”</em></p>
<p>The announcements from the young royals have raised fresh questions about Andrew’s ongoing role in the royal family.</p>
<p>The Duke of York stepped down from royal duties in November following his disastrous Newsnight interview over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.</p>
<p>However, Andrew has so-far kept his HRH title.</p>
<p>He reportedly faces changes to his security in the wake of Harry and Meghan’s decision to leave the monarchy and split their time between the UK and Canada.</p>
<p>The <i>Evening Standard</i> reported the Home Office is recommending a major downgrade of security for the Queen’s second son after a Scotland Yard review.</p>
<p>Harry and Meghan, like Andrew, have personal protection officers from the Metropolitan Police, paid for by taxpayers.</p>
<p>But the change in roles for the Sussexes, relocation and removal of public funds, meant their security and its funding formed part of the crisis talks.</p>
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