Queen Elizabeth welcomes Bramall just weeks after a dawn raid by 20 police officers involving sex abuse allegations

Pride of place at Windsor Castle lunch for Lord Bramall after 92-year-old’s sex abuse case just weeks after a dawn raid by 20 police officers and Bramall questioned over the  allegations.

In 2014, a man reported to the police that, as a boy in the 1970s, he had been sexually assaulted by Edwin Bramall.

The man making the allegation had been under 16 at the time of Field Marshall Bramall‘s supposed assault on him.

Prince Charles and the Queen, pictured with Lord Bramall in 1986

Lord Bramall attended Order of the Garter lunch just weeks after a dawn raid by 20 police officers.

He was driven in one of the Queen’s cars to her chapel and stayed for the service.

Bramall and Heath

Lord Bramall – will also be welcomed at this year’s gala, one of the most prestigious events in the royal calendar.

It is understood the Queen may even offer him a place at her side as a public sign of support for Bramall whom she has known for more than four decades.

A source with close ties to the event revealed last night: ‘Interestingly, she was planning to do so whether or not the war hero had been cleared by that time.’

(Bramall has not been cleared – the police found insufficient evidence…not the same as being cleared)

‘The Queen can’t overtly support him but there are more subtle ways that she can express her feelings on the issue. Seating him next to her is a significant way of doing that.’

He was ‘warmly welcomed’ by the Queen and other members of the Royal Family including Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Prince William as well as Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and Princess Anne.

This was taken by many to be a sign of their support – even though he was publicly under investigation as part of Operation Midland, Scotland Yard’s historic VIP sex abuse unit.

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