Heckler wearing Melbourne City FC shirt arrested after shouting ‘sick old man’ at Prince Andrew

London: A man has been arrested after shouting at Prince Andrew as the Queen’s disgraced son walked behind the late monarch’s coffin during a procession in Edinburgh.

The man, who later identified himself to Scottish media as “Rory”, positioned himself in the front row of the huge crowds that had gathered to watch the Queen’s flag-draped coffin travel through the city to St Giles’ Cathedral, where her body is now lying-in-state.

The Queen’s four children – King Charles III, Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, Prince Andrew, the Duke of York and Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex – were walking behind the coffin when the man repeatedly shouted: “Andrew, you’re a sick old man”.

Andrew was stripped of royal duties, military affiliations and patronages following a disastrous 2019 television interview in which he attempted to defend his friendship with the convicted late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The Queen’s son claimed a photograph of him with Virginia Giuffre, who alleges she was forced to have sex with the prince on three occasions when she was 17, was faked.

As a non-working royal, Andrew was denied the right to wear military uniform during the procession in Edinburgh on Monday afternoon (local time), in contrast to Charles, Anne and Edward.

A heckler shouts at Prince Andrew as the Queen’s coffin is taken up the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.Credit:Screengrab

Andrew and Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, will not be allowed to wear military uniform for several other ceremonies and events planned before the Queen’s funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 19.

During Monday’s procession, the man who identified himself as Rory cupped both hands around his mouth and repeatedly shouted, “Andrew, you’re a sick old man.”