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created 1 March 2001. Corrected and updated
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H.R.H.
Prince Andrew
Duke of York
1960-
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full
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Andrew Albert
Christian Edward |
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birth: |
1960.02.19
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at Buckingham
Palace, London |
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father: |
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Prince
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
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mother: |
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Queen
Elizabeth II |
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marriage: |
1986.07.23 |
Sarah Margaret
Ferguson (Duchess of York)
at Westminster Abbey, London |
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divorce: |
1996.05 |
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children: |
1988 |
Princess Beatrice
Elizabeth Mary of York |
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1990 |
Princess Eugenie
Victoria Helena of York |
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| Titles,
Orders and Awards |
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Titles: |
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1960.02.19 |
Prince of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with the style
of His Royal Highness (H.R.H. The Prince Andrew) |
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1986.07.23 |
Duke
of York, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Killyleagh, in the Peerage
of the United Kingdom (H.R.H. The Duke of York) |
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British
Empire/Commonwealth Orders and Awards: |
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1977.06.11 |
Queen Elizabeth
II Silver Jubilee Medal |
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1979.12.19 |
CVO |
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1982 |
South
Atlantic Campaign Medal |
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1990 |
New Zealand 1990
Commemoration Medal |
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2001 |
CD |
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2003.06.02 |
KCVO |
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2003.06.02 |
Queen Elizabeth
II Golden Jubilee Medal |
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2006.04.23 |
KG |
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Foreign
Orders and Awards: |
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1988.04.12 |
Grand Cross, the Order of St Olav (Norway) |
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Military Appointments |
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1984.02.01 |
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Personal Aide de Camp to the Queen (ADC) |
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1989.04.21
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The Staffordshire Regiment
(Prince of Wales's) [to 2007] |
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1991 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The Canadian Airborne
Regiment |
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1992.12.24 |
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Admiral, Sea Cadet
Corps |
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1992.06.01 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The
Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and The Ulster
Defence Regiment) [on formation] |
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1996.09.15 |
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Honorary Air Commodore,
RAF Lossiemouth |
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1997 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The
Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) |
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1996.12.09 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment |
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2003.07.01 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
9th/12th Lancers (Prince
of Wales's) |
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2003.07.01 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The Royal Highland Fusiliers
(Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) [to
2006] |
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2003.07.01 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
Small Arms School Corps
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2003.07.01 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The
Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada |
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2005 |
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Honorary Captain,
Royal Navy |
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2006.03.28 |
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Royal Colonel,
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The
Royal Regiment of Scotland [on formation] |
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2006.06.06 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The Yorkshire Regiment
[on formation] |
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Royal Naval College,
Dartmouth |
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1979 |
Royal Marine Commando
course (green beret) |
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1979 |
Midshipman, Royal
Navy |
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1981.04 |
helicopter pilot
wings, Royal Naval Air Station, Culdrose |
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1981.09.01 |
Sub Lieutenant,
Royal Navy |
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1982 |
helicopter pilot
HMS Invincible S Atlantic
Campaign
(rcvd: South Atlantic Campaign Medal) |
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1984 |
Lieutenant, Royal
Navy |
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1986 |
Helicopter Warfare
Instructors Course (HWI) |
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1994 |
Senior Pilot,
815 Sqn HMS Osprey at Portland |
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1992.02 |
Lieutenant Commander,
Royal Navy |
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1992.12 |
Army Command and
Staff Course, Staff College, Camberley (psc) |
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1993-1994 |
commanded HMS
Cottesmore |
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1994-1995 |
with 702 Squadron |
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1995-1996 |
Senior Pilot,
815 Squadron |
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1997-1999 |
Staff Officer,
Directorate of Naval Operations, Ministry of Defence |
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1999.01 |
Commander, Royal
Navy |
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1999.01 |
Diplomacy Section,
Naval Staff |
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2001.07 |
end of active
service |
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| Other
Military Connections |
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1982 |
President, Royal Aero Club
of Great Britain |
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1986 |
Commodore, Royal Thames Yacht
Club |
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1994 |
Patron, Greenwich Hospital |
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1995 |
Trustee, National Maritime
Museum, Greenwich |
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2005 |
Patron, Tall Ships Youth Trust |
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