After being awarded his wings, he moved onto more advanced training on the Sea King helicopter, and conducted operational flying training until 1982. Īfter passing out from Dartmouth, Andrew went on to elementary flying training with the Royal Air Force at RAF Leeming, and later, basic flying training with the navy at HMS Seahawk, where he learned to fly the Gazelle helicopter. He was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant on 1 September 1981 and appointed to the Trained Strength on 22 October. During 1979 he also completed the Royal Marines All Arms Commando Course for which he received his Green Beret. On 1 September of the same year, Andrew was appointed as a midshipman, and entered Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. During March and April 1979, he was enrolled at the Royal Naval College Flight, undergoing pilot training, until he was accepted as a trainee helicopter pilot and signed on for 12 years from. In December, he underwent various sporting tests and examinations at the Aircrew Selection Centre, at RAF Biggin Hill, along with further tests and interviews at HMS Daedalus, and interviews at the Admiralty Interview Board, HMS Sultan. The Royal Household announced in November 1978 that Andrew would join the Royal Navy the following year. He left Gordonstoun in July two years later with A-levels in English, history, and economics. While there, he spent six months-from January to June 1977-participating in an exchange programme to Lakefield College School in Canada. He was nicknamed "the Sniggerer" by his schoolmates at Gordonstoun, because of "his penchant for off-colour jokes, at which he laughed inordinately". In September 1973, he entered Gordonstoun, in northern Scotland, which his father and elder brother had also attended. He was sent to Heatherdown School near Ascot in Berkshire. As with his siblings, Charles, Anne, and Edward, Andrew was looked after by a governess, who was responsible for his early education at Buckingham Palace. Īndrew was the first child born to a reigning British monarch since Princess Beatrice in 1857. He was baptised in the palace's Music Room on 8 April 1960. Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward at the opening of the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, AlbertaĪndrew was born in the Belgian Suite of Buckingham Palace on 19 February 1960 at 3:30 p.m., the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. 7.2.4 Former honorary military appointments.6.7 Treatment of reporters, servants and others.6.6 Allegations of ramming gates in Windsor Great Park.
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 younger brother of King Charles III and the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. 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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