{"id":3741,"date":"2026-02-25T10:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3741"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:21:10","slug":"former-prince-andrew-can-no-longer-ride-a-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3741","title":{"rendered":"Former prince Andrew can no longer ride a horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Andrew \u2018banned\u2019 from horse riding since being arrested\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-md\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 620 500'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAACEN3D\/AAAAL0lEQVR42mP4z8DAwMiAARgZGJhY+P\/\/PwMDAwPDfwYGBgaGhgYGhgYGAAD9Hwlr5xRngAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.joe.co.uk\/uploads\/2026\/02\/andrew-horses.png?height=578&amp;width=1024\"\/><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>Another day, another blow for the disgraced royal<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>The disgraced former prince Andrew is now reportedly banned from horse riding, over concerns about the look it gives in public, according to royal aides.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The aides have now told him that riding on a horseback on his Sandringham estate would give a \u201cbad look\u201d, while he is under investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cSince his arrest last week he has been ordered not to go horse riding. It\u2019s considered a bad look\u201d, a source told The Sun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t think he should be seen grinning and smiling on his horse like he was in Windsor. But it was one of the few things he actually enjoyed doing so what on earth is he going to do with his time?\u201d, the source added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was also stripped of his gun licence, less than two months ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>On suspicion of misconduct in public office, he was arrested last week on his 66th birthday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He remains under police investigation, as he allegedly shared secrets of official visits with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, during his time as trade envoy 2001 and 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Following Thursday\u2019s arrest, police confirmed on Tuesday that they had ended their searches at Andrew&#8217;s former Royal Lodge home in Berkshire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Last week, the government announced it was considering bringing in leglislation to remove Andrew from the royal line of succession.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>This move was backed by Commonwealth nations Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>At present, Andrew is believed to be staying at Wood Farm, in Sandringham, where his father Prince Phillip lived out his final days.<\/p>\n<p>The former prince has denied all allegations of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#prince #Andrew #longer #ride #horse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another day, another blow for the disgraced royal The disgraced former prince Andrew is now reportedly banned from horse riding, over concerns about the look it gives in public, according to royal aides. The aides have now told him that riding on a horseback on his Sandringham estate would give a \u201cbad look\u201d, while he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[318,3604,2840,3353,1990,2054,1920,1991,3606,3605],"class_list":{"0":"post-3741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-andrew","9":"tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","10":"tag-epstein-files","11":"tag-horse","12":"tag-jeffrey-epstein","13":"tag-longer","14":"tag-prince","15":"tag-prince-andrew","16":"tag-ride","17":"tag-the-royal-family"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}