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Prince Andrew, Duke of York, KG, GCVO, CD (Andrew Albert Christian Edward, born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British Royal Family, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
| Prince Andrew | |||||
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| Duke of York (more) | |||||
.jpg) The Duke of York in 2013 | |||||
| Born | 19 February 1960 Buckingham Palace, London | ||||
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| House | Windsor | ||||
| Father | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | ||||
| Mother | Elizabeth II | ||||
| Religion | Church of England | ||||
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| Allegiance |  United Kingdom | ||||
| Service/branch |  Royal Navy | ||||
| Years of service | 1979–2001 (active service) | ||||
| Rank | Vice-admiral | ||||
| Battles/wars | Falklands War | ||||
He has been titled Duke of York (as well as Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh) since 1986, and is eighth in line to succession to the British throne. Andrew is the first in line to not be a descendant of the current reigning monarch.
As Duke of York, Andrew undertook official duties and engagements on behalf of the Queen. He served as the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment for 10 years until July 2011. Andrew resigned from his royal duties in November 2019.[2][3][4]
Prince Andrew was born at Buckingham Palace in London. He went to Heatherdown Preparatory School in Berkshire, England, and Gordonstoun in Scotland.
Prince Andrew did not go to university, he went to Britannia Royal Naval College instead. In the Navy, he served in the Falklands War, despite controversy due to the possibility amongst Parliament of the Queen’s son losing their life. He became a commander in 1999 and an honorary captain in 2001.
In 1986, Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson, the younger daughter of Ronald Ferguson, the polo manager for the Prince of Wales. They have two daughters from the marriage: Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. Andrew and Sarah separated in 1992, and divorced in May 1996. Their marriage, separation in 1992, and divorce in 1996 attracted extensive media coverage.
Andrew has been accused of child sexual abuse by Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) who alleges that, at the age of 17, she was sex-trafficked to Andrew by financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.[5] Andrew categorically denied said allegation.[6]
In November 2019, Prince Andrew was interviewed for the BBC television programme Newsnight on 16 November 2019. The interviewer talked about the Prince's friendship with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein; They met thru Ghislaine Maxwell.[7] The interview was very bad for the British royal family, because many people who saw the interview thought Prince Andrew was unsympathetic to Epstein's victims.[8][9]
Due to sexual abuse allegations, Andrew resigned from public roles in 2020. Andrew was the defendant in a sexual assault lawsuit by Giuffre in 2022, which Andrew settled out of court in February.[10]
On February 15, 2022 a lawsuit against Andrew, was settled; The lawsuit never went to trial.[11][12][13] Andrew [was] a defendant in a lawsuit - Virginia Giuffre v. Prince Andrew - at the lower courts of the federal court system of the United States. The civil lawsuit (see civil law), says that he had sex in 2001[14] with a female (Virginia Giuffre) that was 17 years old;[15] Prince Andrew "has strongly denied any wrongdoing", media said.[16]
In 2022, he gave back his honorary military titles and royal patronages.[16] He has the rank Vice-Admiral.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO), 19 December 1979 KCVO: Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 3 June 2003[17] GCVO: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 21 February 2011[18] South Atlantic Medal, with rosette, 1982 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, 1977
New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, 1990
Canadian Forces Decoration Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002
Commemorative Medal for the Centennial of Saskatchewan, 2005[19] KG: Knight of the Garter, 23 April 2006He had military appointments:
In Canada he holds the following military appointments:
An earlier[27] appointment was Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada.
In New Zealand he had military appointments:
In the UK he had military appointments:
The Duke's personal coat of arms are those of the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom with a label for difference: Quarterly (by quarters):
The whole differenced by a Label of three points Argent the central point charged with an Anchor Azure. The anchor is in reference to his naval career.
The arms are identical to those his grandfather George VI used when still Duke of York.
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