Prince Andrew, Duke of York

Prince Andrew, Duke of York,  (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, Duke of Edinburgh. He has been titled Duke of York since 1986.

Life
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, and continued his career, becoming a commander in 1999 and an honorary captain in 2001.

Andrew resigned from his royal duties in November 2019.

On February 15, 2022 a lawsuit against Andrew, was settled; The lawsuit will not go to trial; 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 with a female (Virginia Giuffre) that was 17 years old; Prince Andrew "has strongly denied any wrongdoing", media said.

Friendships

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. 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.

Personal life 
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.

Titles, styles, honours and arms 
In 2022, he gave back his honorary military titles and royal patronages. He has the rank Vice-Admiral.

Titles and styles 

 23 July 1986 – present: His Royal Highness The Duke of York

A title he had earlier (19 February 1960 – 23 July 1986) was His Royal Highness The Prince Andrew.

Honours 
  Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO), 19 December 1979
  KCVO: Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 3 June 2003
  GCVO: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 21 February 2011
  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
  KG: Knight of the Garter, 23 April 2006

Ranks in the military 
 1979–1981: Midshipman, Britannia Royal Naval College, HMS Seahawk
 1981–1984: Sub Lieutenant, Pilot, 820 NAS on HMS Invincible;
 1984–1992: Lieutenant, Pilot, 815 NAS on HMS Brazen; Helicopter Warfare Instructor, 702 NAS at RNAS Culdrose; Flight Commander, 829 NAS on HMS Campbeltown
 1992–1999: Lieutenant Commander, Captain, HMS Cottesmore; Senior Pilot, 815 NAS at RNAS Portland; Directorate of Naval Operations, British Ministry of Defence
 1999–2005: Commander, Diplomacy Section of the Naval Staff. Released from the active list in 2001.
 2005–2010: Honorary Captain
 2010–2015: Rear Admiral
 2015–: Vice-admiral

Appointments 
He had military appointments:
 Personal Aide-de-Camp to the Queen (1 February 1984 – 13 January 2022)

Honorary military appointments 
In Canada he holds the following military appointments:
 Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Airborne Regiment (disbanded)
 Colonel-in-Chief of the Princess Louise Fusiliers
 Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment)

An earlier appointment was Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada.

In New Zealand he had military appointments:
Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment

In the UK he had military appointments:
 Honorary Air Commodore of the Royal Air Force Lossiemouth 
Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm
 Colonel-in-Chief of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
 Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment)
 Colonel-in-Chief of the Small Arms School Corps
 Colonel-in-Chief of the Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot)
 Royal Colonel of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
 Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps

Arms 

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):

1st and 4th, Gules three Lions passant guardant in pale Or (England). (The first and fourth quarters display the three lions, representing England.)
2nd quarter is of a lion rampant within a Double Tressure floury counterflory Gules (Scotland). (The second quarter, displays a red lion in a yellow field with a double border coloured red, this represents Scotland.)
 3rd, Azure a Harp Or stringed Argent (Ireland). (The third quarter shows a harp against a blue background, this represents Ireland.)

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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References 

1960 births
Living people
House of Windsor
Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Knights of the Garter
Royalty from London
York
Elizabeth II