Prince Andrew

Extracted Attributes

• Education

  Heatherdown School, Gordonstoun, Lakefield College School

• Full Name

  Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor

• Residence

  Wood Farm, Sandringham estate (formerly Royal Lodge, Windsor)

• Birth Date

  1960-02-19

• Birth Place

  Buckingham Palace, London, England

• Former Titles

  Prince, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh

• Military Service

  Royal Navy (1979-2001); reached rank of Commander

• Line of Succession

  8th (as of 2026)

Timeline

• Born at Buckingham Palace, London. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1960-02-19

• Serves as a Sea King helicopter pilot in the Falklands War. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1982-04-02

• Marries Sarah Ferguson and is created Duke of York. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1986-07-23

• Divorce from Sarah Ferguson is finalized. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1996-05-30

• Appointed UK Special Representative for International Trade and Investment. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2001-01-01

• Resigns as trade envoy following scrutiny of his association with Jeffrey Epstein. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2011-07-01

• Steps back from public duties following a controversial BBC Newsnight interview. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2019-11-20

• Queen Elizabeth II removes his military affiliations and royal patronages; ceases using 'Royal Highness' style. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-01-13

• Settles a US civil lawsuit with Virginia Giuffre without admission of liability. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-02-15

• Surrenders various royal titles; King Charles III removes remaining honors and restricts use of peerages. (Source: Britannica)

  2025-10-01

• Release of millions of Epstein files by the US Justice Department, including emails involving Andrew. (Source: Britannica)

  2026-01-30

• Arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to the sharing of sensitive trade information. (Source: CNN)

  2026-02-18

• Released under investigation from police custody in Norfolk. (Source: CBS News)

  2026-02-19

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor (born 19 February 1960), formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is a member of the House of Windsor. 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. Andrew was born second in the line of succession to the British throne and is eighth as of 2026. He served in the Royal Navy from 1979 to 2001. He saw active duty as a helicopter pilot during the Falklands War. He later became a helicopter instructor and commanded a warship. He married Sarah Ferguson in 1986, and was created Duke of York on their wedding day. They had two daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, before separating in 1992 and divorcing in 1996. From 2001 to 2011, Andrew served as the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, but resigned following scrutiny of his expenses and associations with controversial figures. He continued to undertake official duties on behalf of Elizabeth II until 2019. Andrew had a long‑standing association with Jeffrey Epstein, the American convicted sex offender, which has attracted widespread criticism. In 2014, alleged Epstein abuse victim Virginia Giuffre said that she had been sex-trafficked to Andrew by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, after previously telling the Daily Mail in 2011 that she had no sexual contact with him. Andrew denied any wrongdoing, and in 2022 settled a civil lawsuit with Giuffre in the United States without admission of liability. In the same year, Elizabeth II removed his military affiliations and patronages, and he ceased using the style "Royal Highness". In 2025, Charles III removed Andrew's remaining royal styles and honours, and restricted his use of titles and peerages. He vacated Royal Lodge, part of the Crown Estate, and relocated to private accommodation on the Sandringham estate. Following the release of more Epstein files in early 2026, Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and was later released under investigation.

Web Search Results

• Former Prince Andrew "released under investigation" after Epstein ...

  # Former Prince Andrew "released under investigation" after Epstein files-related arrest ## Face the Nation 753000 subscribers 26 likes ### Description 2872 views Posted: 19 Feb 2026 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, has been "released under investigation" from police custody after his arrest in the U.K. on Thursday morning. The 66-year-old was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office following the latest release of Epstein files by the U.S. Justice Department. CBS News correspondent Tina Kraus has more from London.

• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor | Biography, Prince, Naval Career ...

  Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew) is eighth in the line of succession to the British throne despite being stripped of his royal titles in 2025. An act of Parliament would be required to remove him. Andrew is the second son of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip and the younger brother of Charles III. For the first 22 years of his life, until the birth of his nephew Prince William, Andrew was second in the line of British royal line of succession. His friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, caused a scandal in the early 21st century. In October 2025 Andrew gave up various royal titles, including duke of York. Shortly thereafter Charles III removed his remaining titles, most notably prince. However, Andrew remains eligible to assume the throne. ## News • [...] ### Who is Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor? Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew) is the third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, and the younger brother of Charles III. He was born on February 19, 1960, in London, England. He stepped away from his royal duties in 2019 because of his involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Six years later he surrendered his various royal titles, including prince and duke of York. ### Why was Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested in February 2026? [...] Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, was arrested on February 18, 2026, on suspicion of misuse of public office. The charges stem from the January 30 release of millions of documents from the Epstein files that included new emails exchanges between Mountbatten-Windsor and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In one instance it appears that he forwarded to Epstein confidential reports from his visits to Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Singapore in 2010 that were the product of his role as a British trade envoy. Charles III, who previously had stripped his brother of his title of prince, acknowledged the arrest a statement that was stunning in the directness of its wording. In it, the king said in part: “Let me state clearly: the law must take its course.”

• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor - Wikipedia

  Andrew was the first child born to a reigning British monarch since Princess Beatrice, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, in 1857.( Like his siblings, Charles, Anne and Edward, he was looked after by a governess, who oversaw his early education at Buckingham Palace.( He later attended Heatherdown School near Ascot in Berkshire.( In September 1973, he entered Gordonstoun in Moray, which his father and elder brother had also attended.( He was nicknamed "the Sniggerer" by his schoolmates at Gordonstoun, because of "his penchant for off-colour jokes, at which he laughed inordinately".( While there, he spent six months– from January to June 1977– participating in an exchange programme at Lakefield College School in Canada.( He left Gordonstoun in July two years later with A-levels [...] Early life During a 45-day tour of Canada in June and July 1959, Queen Elizabeth II discovered that she was pregnant. The pregnancy was not disclosed to the public during the tour. After her return to London,( Palace announced on 7 August that she would not undertake further public engagements, a customary indication of royal pregnancy.( Andrew was born a prince at 3:30 pm on 19 February 1960 at Buckingham Palace,( the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was christened Andrew Albert Christian Edward in the Music Room at the palace on 8 April.( [...] Andrew founded the Prince Andrew Charitable Trust which aimed to support young people in different areas such as education and training.( In May 2020, it was reported that the trust was under investigation by the Charity Commission regarding regulatory concerns about £350,000 in payments to his former private secretary Amanda Thirsk.( He also established several awards, including the Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA), a programme designed to develop digital and enterprise skills,( the Duke of York Award for Technical Education, presented to talented young people in technical fields,( and the Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Award, which recognised young entrepreneurial talent.(

• February 19, 2026 — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested | CNN

  Phil Noble/Reuters The former Prince Andrew was photographed leaving a police station in Norfolk, eastern England, Thursday evening local time, after he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Police did not say what led to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest, but he spent a decade as a UK trade envoy. The younger brother of King Charles III, Andrew is the first senior British royal in modern history to be arrested. British authorities previously said they were reviewing claims that Andrew shared sensitive information with the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein during his tenure – when he was representing the UK government. [...] Jaimi Joy/Reuters Police in the UK began searching two royal addresses Thursday, after they arrested the country’s former Prince Andrew on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Officers were seen patrolling the gates of Royal Lodge, Andrew’s former residence in Windsor, early today local time. Separately, authorities were also searching Wood Farm, his home on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, in eastern England. Police have not publicly said what led to the arrest, but Andrew held post as UK trade envoy from 2001 to 2011. The royal was in contact with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during his tenure, according to documents published by the US Department of Justice last month. [...] 00:59 A British journalist told CNN that the arrest of the former Prince Andrew is “unprecedented,” after he became the first senior royal to be apprehended by police in modern history. Emily Maitlis, the reporter who pressed the former prince about the depth of his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a revelatory 2019 TV interview, said, “I’m absolutely stunned by what we’re seeing today. “This is not something we see in this country,” Maitlis told CNN’s chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour on Thursday.

• Prince Andrew book seals his fate for any return - BBC

  Skip to content Watch Live Watch Live # Prince Andrew book seals his fate for any return Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent This searing biography of Prince Andrew crackles with scandals about sex and money on almost every page, two subjects that have always caused problems for the royals. Andrew Lownie's book, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, is an unrelentingly unflattering portrait of Prince Andrew. It depicts him as arrogant, self-seeking and in denial about his links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The author's best-selling biographies have a habit of changing the reputation of famous figures, such as establishing the Nazi intrigues around the Duke of Windsor, the former Edward VIII. [...] The book is a reminder of the scale and seediness of Epstein's exploitation of girls. It is also an account of the destruction that followed. The famous photograph showing Virginia Giuffre with Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell in London was supposedly taken by Jeffrey Epstein. Prince Andrew is the only one of them not to be either dead or in prison. And Lownie's sources cast doubt on whether Epstein did take his own life, questioning the medical evidence and the series of unfortunate gaps in supervision in the jail where he was being held. After his disastrous BBC Newsnight interview and the court case with Virginia Giuffre - which he settled with a rejection of any wrongdoing - Prince Andrew has been pushed out of public life, no longer a "working royal". [...] Now in disgrace, Prince Andrew is claimed to spend his time, when not riding or golfing, cooped up watching aviation videos and reading thrillers, with The Talented Mr Ripley said to be his favourite. It is about a con-man taking on the identity of a wealthy playboy. There are some more gentle anecdotes about him, such as when he was a helicopter pilot and ferried a group of soldiers from a rifle range and decided to put down on the Sandringham estate. Queen Elizabeth II, who was in residence, was said to have looked at the guns being toted by these unexpected arrivals. "You can put those in there if you like," she said, pointing to an umbrella stand.

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