Queen Elizabeth holds in-person audience day after Andrew settles sexual assault lawsuit

The Queen speaks during an audience at Windsor Castle on Wednesday (Steve Parsons/PA)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has held an in-person audience the day after Prince Andrew settled his sexual assault lawsuit.

The 95-year-old monarch, who already had the official engagement set in her diary, met the incoming UK Defence Services Secretary Major General Eldon Millar, and his predecessor Rear Admiral James Macleod at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.