Prince Andrew was spotting making the most of the crisp autumnal weather this morning, enjoying an early ride around the lush grounds of Windsor Castle.

The Duke of York, 60, donned a blue coat and helmet for Politics News the trot alongside a female groom — days after it emerged he is yet to speak to US authorities investigating the crimes of his paedophile former friend Jeffrey Epstein.

The royal, who promised to cooperate a year ago, was branded ‘outrageous’ last week by the lawyer representing six victims of the dead disgraced financier, who killed himself in prison in 2019. 

Lisa Bloom called on Andrew to submit to an interview with the FBI as they investigated another of the Royal’s friends socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of procuring teenage girls for Epstein to abuse. A spokeswoman for the duke’s lawyers declined to comment on her remarks.

Andrew appeared to put his worries to one side today as he strode around Windsor atop a black horse.

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s father, who lives at the Royal Lodge just three miles away, was spotted where his mother and father are currently isolating.

The Queen, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, are in isolation at their Berkshire residence after leaving Norfolk for the month-long lockdown.  

The Duke of York was last photographed out for a ride on November 9 — after he missed this year’s Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph.

Sources said it is ‘unlikely’ he will ever make an appearance again.

Andrew served his country with distinction during the Falklands War.

He piloted Sea King helicopters in the South Atlantic during the 1982 conflict, flying missions including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and casualty evacuation.

On his return to Portsmouth in September 1982, his ship, HMS Invincible, was met by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.

The prince eventually retired from the Royal Navy after 22 years in 2001.

A source said: ‘There has been behind-the-scenes agonising over the Cenotaph issue because of the Duke’s history of service, but matters have now been taken out of everyone’s hands.

‘Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince of Wales will lead the nation’s tributes in a pared-down event.

‘However, unless matters change dramatically, no one believes we will ever see the Duke of York in the royal line-up on Remembrance Sunday again.’ 

Buckingham Palace announced that Andrew, who served with distinction as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot, would be stepping back from royal duties for the ‘foreseeable future’ in November following his disastrous attempt to clear his name in a BBC interview.