Prince Andrew trivia: 75 facts about the Duke of York

Prince Andrew is a member of the British royal family. He is the third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip.

So let’s find out some trivia and facts about his scandalous life.

1. Prince Andrew is the Duke of York
2. His full name is Andrew Albert Christian Edward
3. He was born 19 February 1960
4. He is a member of the British royal family
5. He is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
6. At the time of his birth, he was second in the line of succession to the British throne
7. As of November 2019, he is eighth in line
8. He holds the rank of commander and the honorary rank of vice admiral in the Royal Navy
9. He served in the Royal Navy as an active-duty helicopter pilot and instructor and as the captain of a warship
10. He saw active service during the Falklands War
11. Flying on multiple missions including anti-surface warfare, Exocet missile decoy, and casualty evacuation
12. In 1986, Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson
13. The couple’s marriage, separation and eventual divorce in 1996 attracted a high level of media coverage
14. He carried out various official engagements
15. He served as Britain’s Special Representative for International Trade and Investment until July 2011
16. Prince Andrew was born in the Belgian Suite of Buckingham Palace on 19 February 1960
17. He was baptised in the Palace’s Music Room on 8 April 1960
18. He was baptised by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher
19. He is the namesake of his paternal grandfather, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
20. He died 16 years before he was born
21. Prince Andrew was the first child born to a reigning monarch since the birth in 1857 of Queen Victoria’s youngest child, Princess Beatrice
22. As with his older siblings, Andrew was looked after by a governess
23. She was responsible for his early education at Buckingham Palace
24. He was sent to Heatherdown School near Ascot in Berkshire
25. In September 1973, he entered Gordonstoun, in northern Scotland
26. His father and elder brother had also attended the same school
27. While there, he spent six months participating in an exchange programme to Lakefield College School in Canada
28. He left Gordonstoun in July two years later with A-Levels in English, history, economics, and political science
29. He did not go to university
30. But instead entered the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth
31. The Duke is a capable golfer, playing off a low single-figure handicap
32. He was Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews between 2003 and 2004
33. During the club’s 250th anniversary season
34. He is patron of a number of royal golf clubs
35. He has been elected as an honorary member of many others
36. The Duke is also a keen skier and has bought an exclusive skiing chalet in Verbier, Switzerland, for between £8 million and £13 million jointly with Sarah Ferguson
37. The Duke is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, the senior maritime City livery company
38. In May 2008, he attended a goose-hunt in Kazakhstan with President Nursultan Nazarbayev
39. Since 2014, the Duke of York has a personal heraldic flag for use in Canada
40. It is the Royal Arms of Canada in banner form defaced with a blue roundel surrounded by a wreath of gold maple leaves, within which is a depiction of an “A” surmounted by a coronet
41. Above the roundel is a white label of three points, the centre one charged with an anchor
42. Appears on two stamps with HMS Herald, issued by Saint Helena
43. Prince Andrew has been the chairman of the Outward Bound Trust since 1999
44. Succeeding his father the Duke of Edinburgh
45. The charity tries to instil leadership qualities among young people
46. From 2001 until July 2011, the Duke of York worked with UK Trade & Investment, part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, as the United Kingdom’s Special Representative for International Trade and Investment
47. The post, previously held by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, involved representing and promoting the UK at various trade fairs and conferences around the world
48. His suitability for the role was challenged in the House of Commons by Shadow Justice Minister Chris Bryant in February 2011, at the time of the 2011 Libyan civil war
49. The Duke is Patron of the Middle East Association (MEA), the UK’s premier organisation for promoting trade and good relations with the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey and Iran
50. Since that ended the Duke continued to support UK enterprise without a special role
51. The Duke is also Patron of Fight for Sight, a charity dedicated to research into the prevention and treatment of blindness and eye disease
52. He was a member of the Scout Association
53. He tours Canada frequently to undertake duties related to his Canadian military role
54. Rick Peters, the former Commanding Officer of the Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada stated that Prince Andrew is “very well informed on Canadian military methods”
55. While touring India as a part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012, Andrew became interested in the work of Women’s Interlink Foundation (WIF)
56. A charity which helps women acquire skills to earn income
57. On 3 September 2012, the Duke of York was among a team of 40 people who abseiled down The Shard (tallest building in Europe) to raise money for educational charities the Outward Bound Trust and the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund
58. In 2013, it was announced that the Duke was becoming the Patron of London Metropolitan University and the University of Huddersfield
59. In July 2015, he was installed as Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield
60. In recognition of the Duke’s promotion of entrepreneurship he was elected to an Honorary Fellowship at Hughes Hall in the University of Cambridge on 1 May 2018
61. He became the Patron of the charity Attend in 2003
62. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Royal United Services Institute
63. In 2014, the Duke of York founded the Pitch@Palace initiative to support entrepreneurs with the amplification and acceleration of their business ideas
64. Entrepreneurs selected for Pitch@Palace Bootcamp are officially invited by the Duke to attend St. James Palace in order to pitch their ideas and to be connected with potential investors, mentors and business contacts
65. The Duke has also founded The Prince Andrew Charitable Trust which aims to support young people in different areas such as education and training
66. He has also founded a number of awards including Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (iDEA)
67. A programme to develop the digital and enterprise skills
68. The Duke of York Award for Technical Education, given to talented young people in technical education
69. And the Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Award, which recognises talents of young people in entrepreneurship
70. The Duke of York has lent his support to organisations that focus on science and technology by becoming the patron of Catalyst Inc and TeenTech
71. In 2014, Andrew visited Geneva, Switzerland, to promote British science at CERN’s 60th anniversary celebrations
72. In May 2018, he visited China and opened the Pitch@Palace China Bootcamp 2.0 at Peking University
73. In March 2019, the Duke of York took over the patronage of the Outward Bound Trust from his father, the Duke of Edinburgh
74. Prince Andrew had held the position of chairman of the board of trustees since 1999
75. In May 2019, it was announced that the Duke had succeeded Peter Carrington as patron of the Royal Fine Art Commission Trust