Real reason Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was Queen Elizabeth’s favourite | Royal | News
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the late Queen Elizabeth II. He is described as Elizabeth’s “favourite” of their four children. Born in February 1960, Andrew was the third child of the late Queen and Prince Philip, and the younger brother of the then-Prince Charles and Princess Anne.
Although Prince Edward joined the family four years later, it was Andrew who reportedly held a special place in the late Queen’s heart. With Charles and Anne being born before the late monarch’s reign, Andrew and Edward were born as she settled into the role of Queen, meaning she could have been a more hands-on mother.
Andrew grew up a boisterous extrovert before his connection to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and later followed in his father’s footsteps by joining the Royal Navy in 1978, aged 18.
The prince’s role as a war hero seemed to bring an unshakable sense of pride to the late Queen that never quite faded away, despite the scandals that later emerged.
Ailsa Anderson, who served as the Queen’s Press Secretary from 2001 to 2013, said live on BBC News: “The media say he was the favorite son, but in the 12 years I worked for the late Queen I never saw him show favoritism to any of his children, so I can’t say that’s true.”
He added: “Of course this story started in 2010, we didn’t know as much as we do now about the full scope of the allegations against Andrew, we didn’t know the emails between him and Epstein, so we’re only really finding out the full extent of the matter.
“We didn’t even know the half of it when the late Queen was alive.”
Andrew used his late mother’s name when he was evacuated from Royal Lodge earlier this month. Reports revealed that while he was being evicted, Andrew was trying to find his way out of eviction, even using his late mother’s name “to defend himself.”
