Following criticism for his association with Epstein, Andrew resigned from public roles in May 2020, and his honorary military affiliations and royal charitable patronages were removed by Elizabeth II in January 2022. In 2014, the American-Australian campaigner Virginia Giuffre alleged that, as a 17-year-old, she was sex-trafficked to Andrew by the American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
He served as the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment for 10 years until July 2011. As Duke of York, Andrew undertook official duties and engagements on behalf of the Queen. Their marriage, separation in 1992, and divorce in 1996 attracted extensive media coverage. They have two daughters: Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. In 1986, he married Sarah Ferguson and was made Duke of York. During the Falklands War, he flew on multiple missions including anti-surface warfare, casualty evacuation, and Exocet missile decoy. Andrew is eighth in the line of succession to the British throne, and the first person in the line who is not a descendant of the reigning monarch.Īndrew served in the Royal Navy as a helicopter pilot and instructor and as the captain of a warship. He is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a younger brother of King Charles III.
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, KG, GCVO, CD (Andrew Albert Christian Edward born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British royal family.
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