Prince Andrew
Prince Andrew
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, KG, GCVO, CD, ADC, is the second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of his birth, he was second in the line of succession to succeed his mother; as of 2016 he is sixth in line...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth19 February 1960
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It's almost a responsibility for all the people of the United Kingdom, regardless of race, color or creed, and an understanding that you have an individual connection with each and every one.
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You, I, we all encounter behaviors that we might say, I wouldn't do that. But she has a huge amount of contact with how people live. She sees more hospices and sink estates than most people.
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People say to me, 'Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange.'
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Sarah will talk to me about someone and I don't know who she's talking about, but if she talks to my mother, the two of them will know exactly - and across several generations, too.
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Her friends say she is very funny. At a family dinner, she stood to go, and the footman very properly pulled her chair away. At that moment I asked her a question and she sat down again, except there was no chair. Everyone, including the Queen, laughed and laughed.
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There's no need to do six engagements in a day. You can achieve the same amount of connection and consistency at a different pace.
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The queen is a great mother and a great parent, and so too is the Duke of Edinburgh (her husband Prince Philip), and we used to have wonderful fun racing up and down here at weekends, we'd do all sorts of things.
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I would put her appeal down to consistency. In their eyes, she has never let them down. There's a sameness, but at the same time a vitality.
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She isn't legacy focused, she's future focused. Today is reality. Yesterday is history. Her desire is not to change the future but to be there today.
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She knows everything. Everything. I don't know how she does it. And she sees everything.
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Whenever I go to see her, she recharges my energy and enables me to cope with the many challenges and demands of my busy life.
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I am over the moon! We are both over the moon and will be even more so when this is over.
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We're not allowed to play Monopoly at home. It gets too vicious.
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She is incredibly fit, but we remind staff that she's not just the monarch, but our mother.