Queen Elizabeth II was ‘very keen’ for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be a UK trade envoy – before he demanded trips to ‘sophisticated countries’ and nights at the ballet, newly released documents on his appointment in 2001 revealed today.
Her Majesty pushed for her second son to take on a ‘prominent role in the promotion of national interests’, then-chief executive of British Trade International Sir David Wright said.
Andrew was a ‘natural fit’ to succeed her cousin the Duke of Kent after he concluded his Royal Navy service in July 2001, the late Queen believed.
She pressed for Andrew to become trade envoy –
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