Children of Elizabeth II: Andrew, Duke of York. Is Prince Andrew sleeping with Goga from Kazakhstan? Prince Andrew son of Elizabeth 2

As you know, fairy tales about princes and princesses, which children love to hear, always have a happy ending. The heirs to the throne in them are distinguished by ambition, valor and are guided by the ideals of goodness and justice. However, in reality, as practice shows, children of monarchs often find themselves at the center of scandals and become participants in lawsuits that are initiated in connection with their far from exemplary behavior. Prince Andrew, Duke of York, was no exception in this sense. His business reputation in the British kingdom, where conservative foundations and traditions are strong, has certainly suffered. But does the above-mentioned heir to the throne really leave much to be desired? Let's consider this issue in more detail.

Curriculum Vitae

Prince Andrew was born in 1960 at Buckingham Estate.

The boy became the second male offspring born to Queen Elizabeth II in her marriage to Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was named in honor of his paternal grandfather, who bore the title of Prince of Greece and Denmark. Prince Andrew, like other children royal family, was brought up by a governess. By the age of 19, the young man already had a diploma in the history of economic and political sciences. Taking the document with him, he goes to study at the Royal Naval College, and soon he is enrolled in the flotilla, where he begins to learn the basics of the profession of “military helicopter pilot.”

Beginning of a pilot's career

To the heir British throne It didn’t take long to get hired as a trainee on a military aircraft. In May 1979, Prince Andrew signed an aviation contract for twelve years.

In 1980, the young man received a green beret. Over the next two years, the member of the royal family takes advanced training courses and then becomes a professional pilot. He joins the crew of Naval Airlift Squadron 820, which serves aboard the aircraft carrier USS Invincible.

War

Soon a military conflict begins to develop between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. The strike forces of the European power were, of course, naval aviation and the Royal Navy, so the English Cabinet did not want to endanger the health and life of Elizabeth II’s middle son. However, she did not support this idea and insisted that Prince Andrew participate in the war for national interests. After her, the royal couple met their son in Portsmouth, where he arrived on the ship Invincible.

The heir to the throne received gratitude from the commander, who called him a promising officer and a highly qualified pilot.

Career peak

Prince Andrew (son of Elizabeth 2), whose biography undoubtedly deserves separate consideration, continues to rise through career ladder: in 1984 he is promoted to lieutenant and his mother appoints him personal assistant- adjutant. Subsequently, the royal scion is entrusted with command of the army in various parts of the planet.

In the winter of 2010, the Duke of York, in honor of his fiftieth birthday, receives another military rank- He is now an honorary rear admiral. Some time later, Prince Andrew (Elizabeth's son) decides to end his military career and enter civilian service as a special trade representative for Great Britain.

Personal life

The relationship between the son of the British Queen and the opposite sex has become the subject of many rumors and rumors. Prince Andrew got married when he was 26 years old.

His chosen one was the daughter of Prince Charles' sports manager, Sarah Margaret Ferguson. They knew each other since youth, but the real spark of love ran between them in 1985. Prince Andrew and met by chance at the royal races. Sharks of the pen wrote that Princess Diana, who wanted to distract the prince from an unsuccessful romance with actress Koo Stark, played an important role in starting the relationship. The wedding took place in the summer of 1986 at Westminster Abbey, at which time Prince Andrew was awarded the title Duke of York. Andrew gave his wife a truly royal gift - wedding ring, inlaid with Burmese ruby.

In the early 90s, when the head of the family “went to sea,” Prince Andrew’s wife led a far from reclusive life. She was often seen in male society. This is how the first crack appeared in the relationship between Ferguson and the Prince of York. In 1992, the royal couple announced that their union was coming to an end, but only four years later an official divorce was filed. In their marriage, Andrew and Sarah had two daughters - Beatrice (1988) and Eugenia (1990). Subsequently, the ex-wife of the Prince of York and his offspring moved to live in the family residence. Sarah Ferguson remained and remains on friendly terms with Andrew.

Scandal No. 1

One of the unpleasant incidents that negatively affected the business reputation of the Prince of York involved his ex-wife.

She was accused of the following: she wanted to receive a large sum of money for organizing the acquaintance of her ex-husband with an entrepreneur who was having problems in his business. It was expected that the royal scion, who held the high post of special trade representative, would help resolve the “business” troubles of his new acquaintance. The transaction amount was estimated at £500,000. Moreover, “close to the court” gladly accepted an advance for her work. Subsequently, the fraud was revealed, and Prince Andrew, whose photos began to appear en masse, hastened to declare that he knew nothing about his wife’s intentions. Sarah Ferguson said that she “decided to take such a bold action” only because she was experiencing financial difficulties.

Scandal No. 2

Another painful incident for the Prince of York is the accusation of sexual harassment against an underage girl. The plaintiff appealed to the American court so that justice would prevail.

She claimed that the son of Elizabeth II repeatedly ended up in bed with her: they say, he really liked the girl’s figure and slender legs. The victim added that for the “night of love” she received 15 thousand dollars from the Prince of York. The plaintiff also added that she worked as a courtesan for a certain banker Jeffrey Epstein. Prince Andrew was among his regular clients. One way or another, the defendant in every possible way denied sexual relations between him and Epstein’s concubine.

An unusual case...

An extraordinary incident occurred with the second son of Elizabeth II when he was in residence at Buckingham Palace.

Law enforcement agencies mistook him for a thief. Prince Andrew decided to take a walk around the palace garden in the evening. Seeing the man and not recognizing him, the police asked to show documents. In addition, the guards pointed a gun at the heir to the throne, but the police rejected this version of what was happening. This is the reaction of employees law enforcement was explained by the fact that on the eve of the incident, a certain person tried to illegally enter the palace territory. Naturally, the police apologized to Prince Andrew for the inconvenience caused.

Finally, we note that the Duke of York has no male children: if he does not marry again and does not have a son, his title may revert to the Crown.

Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York ex-wife Prince Andrew, at a memorial event with members of the royal family, July 2017

Toxic 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, sometimes have dinner and even go on vacation together, 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 royalty in the Windsor family, but she began to smile truly sincerely only after the 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.

Sarah Ferguson at a meeting of one of the UN committees, February 2010

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 this: 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.

The Ferguson family: Sarah, her father Ronald and sister Jane, 1968

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 Spencer the father persistently cast nets into the royal family, trying to arrange an alliance for his eldest daughter with Charles, and a marriage for his 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 not just left, but went to Argentina with a young polo player.

Close friends Diana Spencer and Sarah Ferguson...

...at a polo match at Cowdray Park, 12 July 1981

“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 was what determined the future karmic nature of the warm relationship between the 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, looming somewhere 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 elder 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 and Sarah at a polo match, June 1, 1982

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 was already a duchess in five minutes, the newspaper The Times he will even dig up her photo from the boarding school graduation, where she - without a single hint of a swimsuit - throws herself into the school 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 the idea that Diana wanted, so that “her” person would be next to her on the other side of the royal gate.

The Princess of Wales with her friend Sarah at Guard's Polo Club, June 1983

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 an 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, came out to the press, leading his beloved on the arm, on whose ring finger there was a magnificent ring with a Burmese ruby ​​surrounded by ten small diamonds. Choosing 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.

Prince Andrew's official engagement photos...

... and Sarah Ferguson, March 19, 1986

Sarah's engagement ring

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 breath of 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. In two years, the couple will have their first daughter, Princess Beatrice, and a couple of years later, baby Eugenie.

Wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, July 23, 1986

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 and Sarah at the Epsom Downs race, circa 1987

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 of 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 into the butts of the ladies in front. 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.

Princess Diana and the Duchess of York jokingly pointed umbrellas at their pal Lulu Blacker's rear. For this prank, Diana got it from the press. June 1987, Royal Ascot

“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.”

Diana and Sarah accompany Prince Charles...

...on the frigate HMS Brazen, February 5, 1986

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 a 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.

Sarah with her eldest daughter (2 months after her second birth), May, 1989

Sarah with her eldest daughter (2 months after her second birth) and Prince Andrew, May, 1989

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.

Duchess of York, 1990

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 an equally loud separation of the Duke and Duchess of York. A year later, Sarah's close friend would 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.

The Duke and Duchess of York at a World Wildlife Fund event, 19 September 1987

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.

Already separated, but not yet divorced, the Duke and Duchess sports festival to his daughter Beatrice at Upton House School, 23 June 1993

The ex-spouses take Evgenia to her new school, September 6, 2001

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.

With Donald and Melania Trump at the Michael Kors show, February 7, 2007

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 Ferguson at the Fashion For Relief charity show, February 19, 2015

At the 68th Cannes Film Festival, May 21, 2015

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 her birthday, she and Andrew married their youngest daughter, Princess Eugenie. And this 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.

A statement from Buckingham Palace denied what appeared in American media information about Prince Andrew's possible sexual contacts with 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.”

Judicial investigation was launched in 2011 against 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 from the 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 with his arm around 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 her 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.

And Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born in Buckingham Palace February 19, 1960. He was baptized in the Palace's Music Room by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Dr Geoffrey Fisher, and was given the name Andrew Albert Christian Edward. Andrew is the name of Prince Philip's father, Albert is the Queen's father. Following tradition, Andrew began his education at home and continued at Heatherdown Preparatory School near Ascot. In September 1973, he followed in the footsteps of his father and his brother Charles by enrolling at Gordonstown Spartan School in Scotland, graduating in July 1979 with top grades. English language, history, political science and economics. Unlike his older brother Charles, Andrew enjoyed his time at Gordonstown.

After leaving school, Andrew joined the Royal Navy in November 1979. He began training as a helicopter pilot in May 1980 and served in Falklands War against Argentina aboard Invincible. In February 1992 he was promoted to lieutenant commander of HMS Cottesmore.

In his youth he acquired a reputation as a playboy prince, and after serving in the Falklands War he became the subject of nasty press commentary by going on holiday with his current girlfriend, the American actress Koo Stark, who had previously appeared in pornographic magazines. Thanks to his sister-in-law, Princess Diana, Andrew fell in love with her red-haired friend in Westminster Abbey. Upon his marriage, Andrew received from the Queen the traditional title of second royal son - Duke of York, he also holds the titles Earl of Inverness and Baron of Killeley.

Their union produced two daughters. The eldest is Princess Beatrice of York, born on August 8, 1988 in Portland Hospital, at the baptism of Beatrice Mary Elizabeth Mountbatten-Windsor. Youngest daughter Princess Eugenie was born on 23 March 1990 at Portland Hospital and was christened Eugenie Victoria Helena Mountbatten-Windsor at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham, by the Bishop of Norwich, the first member of the royal family to be baptized in public.

An extrovert by temperament, Sarah Ferguson was a breath of fresh air when she joined the royal family. The couple made a number of successful trips abroad representing the interests of the Queen. However, soon in marriage, which immediately became the focus of attention mass media, cracks began to appear. The Duchess of York was often the subject of harmful criticism from the press for her dress sense and excess weight.

Andrew's naval career meant he was often away from home, and the adventurous Duchess of York began spending a lot of time with American admirers, Texan Steve White and John Bryan. Later this relationship became public. When incriminating photographs of the Duchess and her “financial adviser” John Bryan appeared in national newspapers, the Duchess was at Balmoral, where the traditional summer holiday with the rest of the royal family. She left with a scandal, which again caused a stormy reaction from the newspapers.

The couple divorced in May 1996. It was a civilized divorce, they shared custody of their two daughters and continue to spend family holidays with them. Duke Andrew remains close to both daughters.

In January 1999, Andrew took an appointment in the diplomatic department navy and finally left the Navy in July 2001. He has since taken on the role of the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment. Andrew is a huge fan of the game and is a patron of the Golf Foundation.

The Duke of York's public concerns include supporting the Queen as head of state, supporting businesses in the community and finding ways to improve their ability to drive Britain's prosperity. In addition to these responsibilities, His Royal Highness also promotes the development of charitable organizations, provides patronage and support for initiatives that promote social and entrepreneurial activity youth.











According to information that appeared in the press, 53-year-old Hollywood actress Demi Moore found love in the person of 56-year-old British Prince Andrew, Duke of York, son of Elizabeth II. According to foreign journalists, the celebrities met at the Chelsea Flower Show charity event, which took place nine months ago in London. Media representatives also claim that the British Queen has a negative attitude towards the heir’s relationship with the movie star, who has three divorces behind her, as well as problems with drugs and alcohol.

It is curious that, according to journalists, it was none other than Sarah Ferguson, the former wife of the Duke of York and the mother of his charming daughters, who introduced the British prince to Demi Moore. The point is not only that the woman is sociable and is friends with many stars. The actress and the duchess also have common interests - Sarah, like Demi, is interested in Kabbalah. According to a foreign tabloid insider, the women have been best friends for several years.

According to the data provided by journalists, the romance between Moore and Andrew lasts about two months. They say that for the sake of the Duke of York, Demi began to fly to London more often, and even her children are delighted with their mother’s new hobby. However, they are not the only ones happy about the relationship between the actress and the heir to the British crown. According to sources from the royal family, Kate Middleton and Prince William also welcome the Duke of York's passion.

However, Prince Andrew himself is also not one of those people with an impeccable past. In 2015, he was suspected of having a relationship with a minor resident of the United States, with whom the relationship allegedly lasted between 1999 and 2002. The Duke of York himself and the press service of the royal family vehemently denied this information. And before this, there were reports in the media that Andrew’s travels to other countries were costing the British treasury a record amount of millions of pounds. In addition, in the 80s, the Duke of York, who then had a reputation as a playboy, dated porn actress Koo Stark.

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