Queen Elizabeth II reportedly felt that “it was her duty” to protect the former Prince Andrew. The first of her children born during her reign, the 66-year-old was the late Queen and Prince Philip’s third child – a younger brother to the now-King Charles and Princess Anne. The family were later joined by Andrew’s younger brother, Prince Edward, in 1964.
Born a decade after his two elder siblings, and four years before Edward, Andrew reportedly held a special place in the late Queen’s heart, with one royal author now sharing that the late royal saw “no gap” between duty as monarch and her role as a mother.
Speaking of the late Queen, Catherine Mayer, author of Divide & Rule, said: “She saw no gap between the monarchy and shielding her son.
“One thing was her duty as monarch, and one was her duty as a mother – and she felt that those things were fully aligned.”
Before his connection to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew grew up as a boisterous extrovert and later followed in his father’s footsteps when he joined the Royal Navy at the age of 18 in 1978.
The prince’s war hero role appeared to bring an unshakeable sense of pride in the late Queen that never truly faded – despite the scandals that later unfolded.
Speaking live on BBC News, Ailsa Anderson, who served as the Queen’s Press Secretary from 2001 to 2013, said: “The media do say that he was the favourite son, but in my 12 years working for the late Queen I never saw her display any favouritism amongst any of her children so I can’t really say that’s true.”
It has recently been reported that Andrew used his late mother’s name upon his eviction from Royal Lodge earlier this month.
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