Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor (an haife shi a ranar 19 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1960), tsohon **Yarima Andrew, Duke na York**, shi ne yaro na uku kuma ɗan na biyu na Sarauniya Elizabeth II da Yarima Philip, Duke na Edinburgh, kuma ƙaramin ɗan'uwan Sarki Charles III. An haifi Andrew na biyu a cikin layin maye gurbin kursiyin Burtaniya kuma na takwas ne a shekarar 2025.

Andrew ya yi aiki a cikin Royal Navy daga 1979 zuwa 2001. Ya ga aiki mai aiki a matsayin matukin jirgi mai saukar ungulu a lokacin Falklands War . Daga baya ya zama malami mai saukar ungulu kuma ya umarci jirgin yaki. Ya auri Sarah Ferguson a shekarar 1986, kuma an kirkiro shi Duke na York a ranar bikin aurensu. Suna da 'ya'ya mata biyu, Beatrice da Eugenie, kafin su rabu a 1992 kuma su sake aure a 1996. Daga 2001 zuwa 2011 Andrew ya yi aiki a matsayin Wakilin Musamman na Burtaniya na Kasuwanci da Zuba Jari na Duniya, amma ya yi murabus bayan binciken kudadensa da haɗin kai tare da adadi masu rikitarwa. Ya ci gaba da gudanar da ayyukan hukuma a madadin Elizabeth II har zuwa 2019.

Andrew yana da dangantaka ta dogon lokaci tare da Jeffrey Epstein, wani dan Amurka da aka yanke masa hukuncin jima'i, wanda ya jawo hankalin zargi. A cikin 2014 Virginia Giuffre ta yi zargin cewa Epstein da Ghislaine Maxwell sun yi mata fataucin jima'i ga Andrew. Andrew ya musanta duk wani laifi, kuma a cikin 2022 ya warware karar farar hula tare da Giuffre a Amurka ba tare da yarda da alhakin ba. A cikin wannan shekarar, Elizabeth II ta cire alakar soja da kuma tallafawa, kuma ya daina amfani da salon "Royal Highness". A cikin 2025, biyo bayan sabuntawa game da haɗin kai da Epstein, Charles III ya cire sauran salon sarauta da girmamawa na Andrew, kuma ya ƙuntata amfani da lakabi da takara. Ana kuma sa ran zai bar Royal Lodge, wani ɓangare na Crown Estate, kuma ya koma masauki masu zaman kansu a Sandringham Estate.

## Rayuwa ta farko

A lokacin yawon shakatawa na kwanaki 45 na Kanada a watan Yuni da Yuli 1959, Sarauniya Elizabeth II ta gano cewa tana da ciki. Ba a bayyana ciki ga jama'a ba yayin yawon shakatawa. Bayan ta dawo London,  Buckingham Palace ta nuna a ranar 7 ga watan Agusta cewa tana tsammanin jariri ta hanyar sanar da cewa ba za ta ci gaba da yin ayyukan jama'a ba. 

An haifi Andrew a matsayin Yarima a karfe 3:30 na yamma a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu 1960 a Fadar Buckingham,  yaro na uku kuma ɗan na biyu na Sarauniya Elizabeth II da Yarima Philip, Duke na Edinburgh . An yi masa baftisma Andrew Albert Christian Edward a cikin Gidan Kiɗa na fadar a ranar 8 ga Afrilu.

Andrew shine ɗan fari da wani sarkin Birtaniya mai mulki ya haifa tun bayan 'yar Sarauniya Victoria Gimbiya Beatrice a 1857.  Kamar 'yan uwansa, Charles, Anne da Edward, wata mai kula da Andrew ta kula da shi, wacce ke da alhakin karatunsa na farko a Fadar Buckingham.  An tura shi Makarantar Heatherdown kusa da Ascot a Berkshire .  A watan Satumba na 1973 ya shiga Gordonstoun a Moray, wanda mahaifinsa da babban ɗan'uwansa suma suka halarta.  Abokan karatunsa a Gordonstoun sun yi masa lakabi da "mai kama da maciji", saboda "sha'awarsa ga barkwanci marasa launi, wanda ya yi dariya ba tare da wani dalili ba".   Yayin da yake can, ya shafe watanni shida - daga Janairu zuwa Yuni 1977 - yana halartar wani shiri na musayar ilimi zuwa Makarantar Kwalejin Lakefield da ke Kanada.   Ya bar Gordonstoun a watan Yuli shekaru biyu bayan haka da A-levels  a Turanci, tarihi da tattalin arziki. 

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