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Prince Andrew, Duke of York(eng. Prince Andrew Duke of York, full name Andrew Albert Christian Edward; genus. 19 February 1960) - British prince, rear admiral.
Biography
Third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. The title of Duke of York was granted to him on July 23, 1986, the day of his marriage to Sarah Ferguson.
The Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York (from whom he has been divorced since 30 May 1996) have two children: Princess Beatrice of York (born 8 August 1988) and Princess Eugenie of York (born 23 March 1990). .
Since the Duke has no sons, there are no heirs to the title (peerage titles, except in special cases, are inherited only in the direct male line). If Prince Andrew does not remarry and does not have a son, then after his death the title "Duke of York" will return to the crown and can be assigned again.
He is 6th in line of succession to the British throne (following the birth of a daughter in 2015 to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and his wife Duchess Catherine).
In October 2004 he visited Russia.
Personal coat of arms and awards
Like a member royal family, has a personal coat of arms based on the coat of arms of the monarch of the United Kingdom.
Blazon
Four-part shield: in the first and fourth fields the coat of arms of England - three golden leopards with azure arms in a scarlet field, in the second field the coat of arms of Scotland - in a golden field with a scarlet double inner border, overgrown with lilies, a scarlet rising lion with azure weapons, in the third field the coat of arms of Ireland - a golden harp with silver strings in an azure field. On top of the shield is a silver title with three ends encumbered with an azure sea anchor.
The shield is surrounded by the ribbon of the Order of the Garter.
Shield holders: on the right - a British one, crowned with an open crown of the children of the monarch, a lion with a silver title (as in a shield) on the neck; on the left is a Scottish unicorn with the crown of the monarch's children and a silver title (as in a shield) around its neck.
The shield is crowned with the crown of the monarch's children with the peer's cap inside.
Crest: gold, crowned with the open crown of the children of the monarch, leopard with a silver title (as in a shield) on the neck, standing on the crown of the children of the monarch.
Awards
| Country | Date | Reward | Letters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 6, 1977 | Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal | |||
| Norway Norway | 1988 | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olaf | ||
| New Zealand New Zealand | 1990 | New Zealand Commemorative Medal 1990 | ||
| Canada Canada | 2001 | Sign Armed Forces | CD | |
| UK UK | February 6, 2002 | Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal | ||
| Saskatchewan Saskatchewan | 2005 | Saskatchewan Centenary Commemorative Medal | ||
| England England | April 23, 2006 | Knight of the Order of the Garter | KG | |
| UAE UAE | 2010 | Order of the Federation | ||
| UK UK | February 21, 2011 | Knight Grand Cross | Royal Victorian Order | GCVO |
| June 2, 2003-February 21, 2011 | Knight Commander | KCVO | ||
| December 19, 1979 – June 2, 2003 | Commander | C.V.O. | ||
| UK UK | February 6, 2012 | Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal | ||
| UK UK | South Atlantic Medal with rosette |
Family tree of Andrew Windsor, Duke of York
| Ancestors 1. Andrew Windsor, Duke of York | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2. Father: Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh | 4. Grandfather: Andrew, Prince of Denmark and Greece | 8. Great-grandfather: George I, King of Greece |
| 9. Great-grandmother: Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna | ||
| 5. Grandma: Princess Alice of Battenberg | 10. Great-grandfather on the female side: Ludwig Alexander Battenberg | |
| 11. Great-grandmother on the female side: Princess Victoria of Hesse-Darmstadt | ||
| 3. Mother: Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain | 6. Grandfather on the female side: George VI, King of Great Britain | 12. Great-grandfather on the female side: George V, King of Great Britain |
| 13. Great-grandmother on the female side: Maria Tekskaya | ||
| 7. Female grandmother: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | 14. Great-grandfather on the female side: Claude George Bowes-Lyon | |
| 15. Great-grandmother on the female side: Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck |
This year the whole of Great Britain celebrates the 70th birthday of Prince Charles, and this is a very significant date not only because we're talking about about the heir to the throne. 70 years ago - November 14, 1948, to be exact - the beloved Queen Elizabeth II became a mother for the first time. However, then she was just Princess Lilibet, who gave British subjects a real national holiday - much like Kate Middleton in 2013.
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip's first child arrived almost exactly a year after the couple's wedding ( read also: “The Feast After the Plague: How Great Britain Married the Future Queen Elizabeth II”). In August 1950, Princess Anne was born, and three years later, Elizabeth II officially ascended to the throne (after her coronation). Having taken the throne, Her Majesty chose to focus on the affairs of the kingdom and only thought about a third heir in 1960. Thus, Prince Andrew was born, and four years later, Prince Edward.
“This is the only work that really matters,” this is how the monarch described the joy of motherhood in a conversation with actress Kate Winslet. But what did these words mean to her? After all, despite the fact that the Queen developed a special relationship with each heir, not all of these relationships were equally warm and close.
Prince Charles
The Queen's attitude towards her firstborn was often the subject of intense debate. Prince Charles was barely five when his parents embarked on their first Commonwealth tour since Her Majesty's coronation, which lasted six months. Charles and Anne stayed at home - the Queen was part of a generation who preferred to entrust the care of young children to palace staff. There is still a version that the Prince of Wales never formed a strong enough connection with his mother, and that his nannies and his grandmother, the Queen Mother, turned out to be closer to him.
According to historian Robert Lacey, the Queen thought it best to leave her children in the care of nannies rather than transport them around the world: “After all, she herself was brought up in a similar style. Her parents left her at home and entrusted her education to invited teachers and governesses.”
Columnist Jonathan Dimbleby, in his controversial biography of Charles, quotes His Highness as saying about the "inevitable nannies" who taught him to play, witnessed his first steps, punished him and encouraged him.
Historian Sally Bedell Smith takes a similar view. “When Elizabeth became queen after her father's death, her commitment to royal duties meant she would have even less time to devote to her children. She increasingly relied on her husband to make important family decisions and was always dependent on nannies.” According to the historian, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh saw their children after breakfast and during tea parties, but “in the manner of representatives upper class without showing any feelings."
And, most likely, this is exactly how the relationship between mother and son remains to this day. How else can we explain Her Majesty’s genuine reaction to the word “mummy” uttered by the Prince of Wales on her birthday?
Prince Charles, however, was very close to his grandmother, the Queen Mother. At her funeral in 2002, the heir made an emotional speech, emphasizing: “She meant everything to me, and I was afraid, afraid of this moment, like many others. Somehow I never thought this would happen. She seemed invincible, I adored her since I was a child."
Princess Anne
The Queen's only daughter recently said that as a child she "hated" performing the duties of a princess. However, she also publicly spoke out against the traditional idea that her mother was not as caring and involved in her upbringing as perhaps she should have been. “I just don't believe there is any evidence that she didn't care. I can’t wrap my head around it,” Anna said in BBC interview on the occasion of the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002.
According to Lacey, Anna was very attached to her mother when she was a teenager: “With common love Anna developed a particularly close relationship with horses with her mother.” The historian also clarifies that the princess often discussed issues of fashion and choice of clothing with Her Majesty.
Lacey also cites the recollections of Lord Mountbatten, Prince Philip's uncle, who spoke of "a night without Mabel." When Mabel, Charles and Anne's nanny, had a day off, Elizabeth could bathe the children herself before bed, read to them at night, and put the children to bed in her own bed. It was the Queen's favorite day of the week.
However, there is an opinion that Princess Anne has always been, rather, daddy's daughter. Thus, royal biographer Ingrid Seward notes that it was Prince Philip, for example, who encouraged his daughter to take up equestrian sports. The Duke of Edinburgh was generally admired by the girl’s iron character, while Elizabeth herself paid much more attention to the condition of Charles, suppressed by his father’s authority - so much so that, according to some sources, she was once even politely advised not to create situations in which children would compete for her attention.
Prince Andrew
Elizabeth had been ruling the country for eight years when Prince Andrew was born, and, according to Lacey, by this time Her Majesty had become “more flexible” and began to relate warmer to family members. She even gave up some royal duties in order to spend more time with her young sons.
“In the early 60s, Her Majesty decided that she had fulfilled her duty to the country and for the most part enjoyed 18 months of her “second family” - communication with the little princes Andrew and Edward,” explains the historian.
Prince Edward
Her Majesty's youngest son was born in 1964. In the late 60s, the royal family allowed the BBC to film documentary film about themselves in a home environment, and the British saw their Queen in a very unusual role - “a cheerful mother who relaxes with her children.” The film included footage that showed Her Majesty tenderly holding her youngest son's hand while walking through the grounds of Windsor Castle. To this day, the Queen maintains a particularly close relationship with her fourth child.
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, former wife of Prince Andrew, at a memorial event with members of the royal family, July 2017Toxic marriages are not uncommon in the royal family, but Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's union is unlike any of them. It's no joke: they divorced more than twenty years ago, but they still can't break up. They call themselves “the happiest divorced couple in the world,” and indeed, these two seem to have a much better life outside of the ties of marriage and the notorious royal protocol. You don’t have to look far for evidence: the former spouses still appear together at the Royal Ascot races, occasionally have dinner, and the press never tires of predicting their re-engagement year after year.
But it seems that Sarah herself, even on pain of death, will not return to the palace chambers. The Duchess of York has always been one of the most smiling royals in the Windsor family, but she only began to smile truly sincerely after her divorce. Like Princess Diana, she too liked to feel life in its absolute - to love, laugh, rejoice and not look at the opinion of society.
And, unexpectedly, this story from the dark Windsor saga has a very good ending. Sarah herself decided so.
Karmic girlfriends
Young Sarah Margaret Ferguson and her close friend Diana Spencer had a lot in common. Both, for example, came from the British aristocracy. True, if Lady Spencer could boast of her father being an earl, then her friend formally did not have any titles. All she could do was casually mention that her ancestry stretches back to Charles II, who ruled back in the 17th century. But the girl almost never did that: compared to Lady Diana, whose family lived in an old family estate, this comment seemed like a pathetic attempt to pretend to be someone she never was.
However, both were included in the royal court. Diana - as a potential bride, first of Prince Andrew, and then of the Prince of Wales, Sarah - as the daughter of a major in the Royal Forces and part-time former coach of the still young Charles. As a child, Sarah often played with Elizabeth’s children, including Andrew, but then, of course, no one could have imagined that this red-haired, always laughing girl, without a single hint of royal manners, could in any way become related to the monarch’s family .
Diana and Sarah spent a lot of time together. They had been friends since they were 14 years old. While Father Spencer persistently threw royal family network, trying to arrange an alliance for their eldest daughter with Charles, and a marriage for their youngest, Diana, with Andrew, the friends attended parties, shared secrets and talked a lot. There was a lot to talk about: early childhood both faced the fact that their mothers ran away from the family. Diana’s mother, Frances, ran away from John Spencer after 13 years of marriage (read: “The Spencer family: who is really behind the tragedy of Princess Diana”). Sarah's mother, Susan Marie Wright, left the family when her daughter was only 15. And she didn't just leave, but fled to Argentina with a young polo player.
“I couldn’t understand: how could you leave your children? It’s better to die than to leave your child,” the Princess of Wales later admits to reporters. “In fact, I have a hard time understanding how my mother could leave my sister and me and just disappear,” the Duchess of York will echo her friend.
Both parents, by the way, were also once friends with each other, studying at the same school in Douham, and perhaps this is what determined the future karmic character warm relations between two Windsor brides.
Red-haired beast with a ruby ring
All her life, Diana Spencer prepared herself for her marriage to Andrew and for the title of Duchess. The girl loved to imagine herself as a heroine from a medieval fairy tale, which, by the way, had all the necessary attributes: a difficult childhood, an evil stepmother (so, at least, it seemed to Diana) and Prince Andrew, somewhere looming on the horizon, who would sooner or later take her to her palace. The fairy tale of her own composition had to be urgently rewritten in 1977, when she older sister Sarah Spencer with one careless comment turned the Prince of Wales away from her candidacy forever. The conveyor belt of Spencer's daughters had shifted one place: now Diana had to get Charles. Which, as we know, happened in 1981, when the heir, desperate to build his happiness with Camilla, proposed marriage to 19-year-old Lady Spencer.
From the very first months after the wedding, Diana realized: fairy tales do not exist (read: “Princess Diana: “I cut my wrists already during my honeymoon””). Now the newly minted Princess of Wales imagined herself nothing less than a prisoner of a monstrous protocol, where the prince’s wife was obliged to feign happiness while he secretly dreamed of another. The old family left her completely alone, the new one was only annoyed by the frightened behavior of the new daughter-in-law, at some point considering that she was mentally ill. Sarah Ferguson, with whom Diana periodically crossed paths at official events, remained her only outlet.
Diana's friend - for her own good or bad - never prepared herself for any marriages with princes. Therefore, her youth, like every second London girl’s, was stormy, drunken and romantic. Later, in 1986, when Sarah would already be a duchess within five minutes, The Times newspaper would even unearth a photo of her from boarding school, where she - without a single hint of a swimsuit - throws herself into school swimming pool. This was all Sarah: always smiling, attracting men, shameless, a real red-haired beast.
Perhaps no one will ever know whether the Princess of Wales was truly motivated by selfish motives when she decided to introduce her close friend to Prince Andrew in 1985, but twenty years after the death of the “queen of people’s hearts”, it is difficult to shake off the idea that Diana wanted, so that “her” person would be next to her on the other side of the royal gate.
In any case, Sarah herself was fascinated by the matured Andrew, and although she herself, at 26, understood perfectly well that there was no smell of a wedding here (unless she was an aristocrat and, more importantly, not a virgin), she had no twinge of conscience, with her characteristic adventurism dived into unusual relationship. And she lost her head. Just like her Andrew, in fact.
The Queen's middle son posed the question of an engagement to Sarah bluntly: either he would marry his beloved, or take as his wife the first prostitute who came into his bed. It was easy to believe: Andrew, a handsome captain of the Royal Navy, moored to foreign shores, of course, was not just sightseeing. In addition, the prince had a precedent - the marriage of his sister Anna, who tied the knot for love. And the Queen, assessing that the Crown had already given birth to a second generation of heirs (meaning William and Harry), gave the go-ahead for the dubious marriage.
Andrew was inspired: seeing Sarah glancing at her friend's famous sapphire ring, he rushed to Garrard in full sail for something similar. And I found it. In 1986, the prince, beaming with happiness, went out to the press, leading his beloved by the arm, on ring finger which sported a magnificent ring with a Burmese ruby surrounded by ten small diamonds. When choosing a fire stone, Elizabeth's son was inspired by his bride's hair. Alas, if Andrew had thought about the curse that ruby engagement rings carry in the Windsor dynasty, perhaps his choice would have fallen on a different stone. But what has been done cannot be undone: Sarah, with a charming smile and thoughts of a wonderful future, signed up for the most hectic few years of her life.
Fire and air
Diana's close friend finally triumphantly entered the royal family. Like many brides of princes “from the people,” Sarah was perceived as a sip fresh air. Andrew and his beloved had a magnificent wedding (by the way, like Diana and Charles - in July) - grandiose, with a magnificent wedding in Westminster Abbey and with the solemn conferment of the titles of Duke and Duchess of York. Two years later, the couple will have their first daughter, Princess Beatrice, and a couple of years later, baby Eugenie.
Diana rejoiced for her friend’s happiness - as much as a woman who had lost faith in her own marriage could. Was it sincere? Later, the Princess of Wales admits that she seriously expected that Sarah would soon withdraw into herself, unable to withstand the oppression of the palace rules and the temper of the royal family. This was the case with herself, and only this scenario was considered by Diana to be the only possible and universal for any Windsor daughter-in-law. But it was not in Sarah's character to despair. Possessing a natural charm and easy disposition, Sarah overnight became a family favorite. During almost every meal, the newly-crowned Duchess of York sparkled with humor, making every member of the family fall in love with her.
Diana later recalled that Sarah and Andrew were not yet engaged, and the Windsor family charmedly said that she should be like her friend. “Why can’t you just be as cheerful as Sarah?” Charles asked her then. And Diana, who took every little thing to heart, looked at her friend with different eyes. It was envy.
Driven by the opinion of the royal family, the Princess of Wales deliberately tried to awaken in herself something that was almost gone in her, but Sarah had in abundance - natural spontaneity and love for extreme sports, which in Diana’s performance sometimes resulted in outright recklessness. She ran to concerts, pulling on leather pants, in front of everyone during the races at Ascot, together with Sarah, she poked an umbrella in the butts to harm the walking ladies. These were blatant violations of etiquette, but Sarah looked so natural and harmless that she always got away with such antics. Diana was less fortunate.
“I envied her very much,” recalled the Princess of Wales, “I didn’t understand how she managed to take everything so easily. While I was struggling to simply survive, she seemed to be enjoying her situation.”
Unlike Diana, who was thrown into the royal family as a naive 20-year-old girl, 27-year-old Sarah had an easier time accepting the prickly rules of palace protocol. But this did not mean that she perceived her new responsibilities with enthusiasm. After the birth of her first daughter, the woman began to rapidly gain weight - both her natural predisposition and the stress she experienced had an effect. Compared to Diana, she began to look worse and worse. Newspapers vied with each other to compare the elegant style of the Princess of Wales with the slightly provincial manner of Sarah, her modest smile with the loud laugh of the Duchess of York, her thin waist with the plump figure of Andrew’s wife. After the youngest Eugenia was born, the duchess already weighed more than 100 kilograms, for which she received the nickname “Duchess of Pork” (pork - pork). “I believed everything that was written. It seemed to me that this was true. I was so unhappy and ate all the time. Then I was almost crushed by criticism for the fact that I had gained a lot of weight. It was vicious circle, and I didn’t know how to break it,” Sarah would later say, even admitting that she would like to suffer from bulimia, like Diana, so that her problems would not affect her figure. It is symbolic that eating disorders will also become common in the destinies of the two friends.
Something else will also unite them: mutual infidelity to their husbands. Moreover, all four will have very different motives. Charles will cheat on Diana out of love for Camilla, Diana will cheat on Charles out of revenge, Andrew will cheat on Sarah out of an old port habit, and she will cheat on him out of boredom. The Duke of York will often disappear on voyages due to duty, so his wife will have to seek solace in the arms of other men. Sarah didn't know how to be faithful. This was clear before. She loved male attention too much, and perhaps this was what united her with Andrew’s aunt, Princess Margaret.
She began to be noticed more and more often in the company different men, the list of which included, among others, millionaire Steve White, financier Johnny Brian and even actor Sylvester Stallone. Rumors about her frivolity were deliberately cultivated by the press. People stopped respecting her; now they called her simply and unpretentiously - Fergie.
Their marriage to Andrew lasted six years - they separated in 1992, and four years later they officially announced their divorce. So the loud separation of Charles and Diana was followed by no less loud breakup Duke and Duchess of York. In a year close friend Sarah will die in Paris, tragically ending the story of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Perhaps with her death the karmic connection between the two friends will be interrupted - Sarah will finally take the path of happiness. But already outside the royal family.
Instead of an epilogue
“They stand together as if they were picked by a computer,” the Queen Mother once joked about Sarah and Andrew. And her words did not fly into the air, because the Duke and Duchess of York (after the divorce, the woman retained her title) did not burn bridges even after parting. Sarah lived with her ex-husband for several more years, raising children with him. The former mother-in-law, however, hastened to instantly remove the red-haired harlot from her circle: the Duchess would not even receive an invitation to the wedding of William and Catherine.
Of course, after the divorce, Sarah's life did not immediately return to normal. There was everything: depression, drunkenness, and waste. “I am aware of the fact that I drank quite heavily. You see, at that time I was not myself. When this whole story lasted, I was at the very bottom. I left the royal family in order to find freedom, and with freedom came need. Now I’m in a completely desperate situation,” Sarah told reporters. It was cunning: of course, no one left her without compensation. She just squandered all her funds on endless parties and business adventures.
There were also scandals: for example, when an undercover reporter from the News of the World tabloid, pretending to be a businessman, asked Sarah to arrange a meeting with Andrew, and she asked for half a million pounds sterling for the service. The video went viral. Sarah sank deeper and deeper to the bottom.
But, perhaps, this is exactly what she needed - and from the very bottom, Sarah, having pulled herself together, very soon reached for the stars. She got back into shape, wrote several books about it, made a film about Queen Victoria and gradually regained her good name. Appreciated the efforts ex-daughter-in-law even Elizabeth II, who over the past few years has even invited the Duchess to her own events and vacations at Balmoral.
Sarah, Duchess of York, is once again enjoying life as she did in her roaring 20s. She dresses beautifully, has affairs with men, communicates warmly with Andrew, spends time with her daughters (whom, unlike her mother, she never abandoned) and attends social events. events. And three days before the birthday, she and Andrew got married youngest daughter, Princess Eugenie. And this one royal wedding was in no way inferior to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. And, of course, Sarah was the main star of this wedding after the bride.
This year Sarah turns 59 years old - and, it seems, in her case it is obvious: life begins not after 40, but after a divorce from the Windsors.
He is 7th in line to the British throne. As a member of the royal family means mass media pay increased attention to the Duke of York, however, despite his rich military career, most articles are devoted to the prince’s personal life.
Childhood and youth
Andrew Albert Christian Edward was born on February 19, 1960. He is the third of four children in the royal family: the first heir to the British throne, the Prince of Wales, was born in 1948, Princess Anne two years later, and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, youngest child, born in 1964.
On April 8, 1960, the Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher baptized the boy in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace, dedicating him to the Christian faith. Andrew became the first child born in the family reigning monarch(Elizabeth II ascended the throne in 1952), since Princess Beatrice's daughter (1837-1901).
Like his older brothers and sisters, Andrew was raised within the walls of Buckingham Palace by a governess. She taught him until he was 5 years old, then the boy was sent to Heatherdown private school near Ascot, Berkshire.
In September 1973, the prince entered the elite boarding school Gordonstoun in the north of Scotland. In his youth he easily coped with educational material, and from January to June 1977 interned at Lakefield College in Canada. Two years later he graduated from Gordonstoun, passing the English language, history, economics and political science.
In April 1979, Andrew went to serve as a pilot at the British Royal Naval College. military aviation. Within a month, the young man proved himself, and they signed a contract with him for 12 years. Two years later, in 1982, a member of the royal family joined 820 Naval Air Squadron, serving aboard the aircraft carrier Invisible. Here his biography “smelled of gunpowder” - the Falklands War broke out.
Career and social activities
On April 2, 1982, Argentina unexpectedly captured the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory, triggering the war. Invincible was one of only two aircraft carriers afloat, so she had the honor of becoming the vanguard of the British Royal Navy in the fight for the islands.
In order not to endanger Andrew's life, the government ruled out young man of the participants in the military operation, but the Queen of Great Britain insisted on the return of her son. The prince was appointed co-pilot of the Sea King helicopter, whose purpose was to destroy anti-ship missiles"Exocet".
On June 14, 1982, the day the war ended, the Invincible docked in Portmund, where Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, side by side with the citizens of their country, welcomed their son. Royal Navy Commander Nigel Ward later called Andrew "an excellent pilot and a promising officer."
The prince continued to serve and, having received the rank of lieutenant on February 1, 1984, was appointed personal aide-de-camp to the queen. In subsequent years, Andrew passed the squadron command exam, and from 1993 to 1994 he led a minesweeper whose main task was to search for and destroy bombs.
Prince Andrew ended his military career in 2001, having risen to the rank of officer in the Diplomatic Directorate of the Naval Staff at the British Ministry of Defence. Three years later, a member of the royal family, as befits the navy, was given the title of Honorary Captain, and in 2010 - Honorary Rear Admiral, and after another 5 years - Honorary Vice Admiral.
In addition to his career as a pilot, the Duke of York devoted himself to charity. Since 2001 he has worked with British company Trade & Investment as the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment. Responsibilities included representing the country at trade fairs and conferences around the world.
In February 2011, during the Libyan civil war, Chris Bryant, a member of the House of Commons, questioned Prince Andrew's candidacy as a representative. The basis was the fact that he was
"not only a close friend of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, but also a friend of convicted Libyan arms smuggler Tarek Kaituni."
The prince was removed from office. On September 3, 2012, the Duke of York became one of 40 people to rappel down from The Shard, the tallest skyscraper in not only London, but Europe. The dangerous stunt was performed to attract investors to the Outward Bound and Royal Marines Charitable funds.
Since 2014, as part of the Pitch@Palace project, Prince Andrew has been advising entrepreneurs, financially supporting profitable business ideas, or sharing contacts with potential investors.
A number of awards and organizations are named after the Duke of York. For example, with funds charitable foundation“The Prince Andrew” provides financial support to children who have achieved excellence in their studies or professional skills. The Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA) recognizes young people who are talented in technology, while The Duke of York Young Entrepreneur rewards young entrepreneurs.
Personal life
In February 1981, Prince Andrew met Koo Stark, now a famous actress. They say that between the young people there was true love. The girl, whom even Elizabeth II sympathized with, waited for her lover from the war, prepared for a long happy life. However, the plans were disrupted by nude photos of Koo Stark that appeared in the press - footage from erotic film"Emily" (1976). Family pressure prompted Andrew to put an end to the affair. The lovers remained close friends: the prince became godfather Tatiana, daughter of the actress.
On July 23, 1986, the wedding of Andrew and the daughter of Major Ronald Ferguson took place in Westminster Abbey. Two daughters were born in the marriage: August 8, 1988 -, March 23, 1990 -.
The union of the Duke and Duchess seemed happy, but Andrew's military career did not allow him to spend much time with his wife. In the early 1990s, Sarah was often seen in the company of other men, and in March 1992 the couple announced their divorce (the process ended on May 30, 1996). A few months later, photographs of Ferguson with Steve Wyeth, a millionaire, appeared in the media: the couple was relaxing on the beach, and the man was kissing the prince’s formal wife’s feet. After this incident, Philip, the husband of Catherine II, forbade financial support for Sarah.
Since 2001, Andrew has been in a relationship with businesswoman Amanda Staveley. Two years later, a Daily Mail journalist reported that a member of the royal family was planning to propose to her, but the former model told The Sunday Telegraph:
“I have no plans to marry Andrew now or in the future.”
After this statement, the couple broke up.
In 2010, Sarah Ferguson, who continued to live with ex-husband, was caught taking a bribe: she took money for organizing an audience with the prince. Video footage of the Indian reporter Mather Mahmud from the News of the World magazine, where the Duchess receives an advance for a meeting in the amount of $40 thousand, served as irrefutable evidence of guilt. The prince's entourage denied that Andrew was aware of the situation. A year later he paid off multi-million dollar debts ex-wife.
Prince Andrew now
On October 12, 2018, the Duke of York gave birth to his youngest daughter, Princess Eugenie. Her chosen one was Jack Brooksbank, co-owner of Casamigos tequila production. Before getting married, the couple dated for 7 years. The wedding took place in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Prince Andrew continues to engage in charity work. Now he donates funds to the Fight for Sight foundation, which researches eye diseases and is looking for ways to prevent and treat blindness.
In a statement, Buckingham Palace denied information that appeared in the American media about possible sexual contacts between Prince Andrew and minors: “We do not comment on the details of this case. But to avoid any doubt, we state that any suggestion of inappropriate contact with minors is completely untrue."
Prince Andrew's name appears in documents filed by an unnamed woman (who goes by the pseudonym "Jane Doe 3") in court in Florida. They are connected with the investigation into financier Jeffrey Epstein, which has been ongoing in the United States for several years.
"Jane Doe 3" claims that between 1999 and 2002, when she was underage, Jeffrey Epstein forced her to have sex with Prince Andrew. According to her, this happened three times, in three different places: in London, in New York and on a private island owned by Epstein.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Prince Andrew has been accused of sexually assaulting 17-year-old Virginia Roberts.
According to the BBC, a spokeswoman for the royal family press service said about the scandal: “This all relates to a long and ongoing investigation into a civil claim, to which the Duke of York has nothing to do.”
A judicial investigation was launched in 2011 into American businessman Jeffrey Epstein, who had previously spent a year and a half in prison on charges of forcing a minor into prostitution. Then, in 2011, Prince Andrew was forced to apologize for his friendship with Epstein.
American lawyer Alan Dershowitz said he plans to take legal action against a woman who claims she was forced to have sex with him and Britain's Prince Andrew as a minor. The former Harvard law professor wants her to testify under oath. Dershowitz told the BBC: "If she believes she was harmed by me and Prince Andrew, she should sue us for damages."
Fifty-four-year-old Prince Andrew, Duke of York is the second son of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. He was married until 1996 to Sarah, Duchess of York. Andrew is 5th in line of succession to the British throne (following the birth of a son to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and his wife, Duchess Catherine, in 2013). As a helicopter pilot, he took part in the British-Argentine war over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) in 1982. At the same time, the name of the Duke of York constantly appears in various scandals. In 2011, for example, Prince Andrew, then Britain's trade envoy, was criticized in the British media for costing the exchequer millions of pounds on his overseas trips around the world. The press also accused him of being friends with dubious personalities - from those close to the Libyan Colonel Gaddafi to billionaires with post-Soviet space. The Duke of York suffered the most with New York financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of forcing underage girls into prostitution. More than three years ago, the British edition of the Sunday Telegraph published on the front page a photo taken in 2001 of Prince Andrew hugging the waist of 17-year-old Virginia Roberts. It was alleged that the girl was once invited to Epstein’s Florida villa in order to massage him and his guests, but the matter was not limited to massage. And an unnamed assistant to the Duke of York confirmed to the Sunday Telegraph that the prince was a frequent guest of Epstein and, like other guests, received massages there, but “massage in itself is not something reprehensible. If he is to blame for the fact that he was given a massage, then he is only to blame for the fact that he was given a massage.”
Was involved in scandals and ex-wife Duke of York - in 2010, The News of the World published a video in which Sarah Ferguson agreed to arrange a meeting between an undercover reporter posing as a wealthy businessman and ex-husband for 500 thousand pounds (about $720 thousand). At the same time, as reported, Andrew himself knew nothing about his wife’s deal.
In the summer of 2011, Prince Andrew was forced to resign as UK Trade Representative - largely “thanks” to his connections with the aforementioned Epstein.
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