The Gist
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor—formerly Prince Andrew—was stripped of his royal titles and privileges by his older brother King Charles on October 30.
Andrew, of course, knew Charles's ex-wife Princess Diana, who apparently found the former Duke of York "very, very noisy and loud."
The former Princess of Wales also reportedly declared that Andrew's personality "wasn't for [her]."
Like the rest of us,Princess Dianahad opinions about the man formerly known asPrince Andrewand now, as of last month, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The former Princess of Wales described her brother-in-law Andrew as "very, very noisy and loud," and wondered if "there was something troubling" him, according to Andrew's biographer Andrew Lownie, who wroteEntitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.
PerThe Daily Mail, Diana said that the former Duke of York's personality "wasn't for [her]," adding that he was "very happy to sit in front of the television all day watching cartoons and videos." Diana also assessed Andrew as someone who was "not a doer."
"One moment he would be diligent and polite, the next aggressive and rude," Lownie wrote of Andrew. "Like his father [Prince Philip], he had a short temper, a rather Germanic sense of humor, and did not bear fools gladly."
Andrew was wildly different from his older brother,King Charles, as "Charles was sensitive and thoughtful" whereas "Andrew was macho, confident, and extroverted, the sort of son Philip had always wanted."
Fellow royal biographer Tom Quinn wrote in his bookYes Ma'am: The Secret Life of Royal Servantsthat "Andrew always behaved as if he was frustrated about not being the first-born and therefore destined to become king."
"If he liked a member of his staff, he could be very loyal and supportive, but he couldn't resist being imperious and bossy and bad-tempered if anything went wrong or wasn't done exactly to his liking," Quinn continued.
Back to Diana for a moment—it seems that, according to royal biographer Ingrid Seward,Queen Elizabeththought her second son was a better match for Diana than Charles was.
In her bookMy Mother and I(and perThe Independent), the late Queen thought Andrew and Diana were better suited because they were much closer in age. Diana was born in 1961; Andrew was born just one year prior in 1960, whereas Charles was born in 1948.
"I think some of Diana's friends thought that Andrew would be more fun for her than Charles because [Andrew] was very much her age and he was full of fun and everything else," Seward previously toldUs Weekly. But, Seward said, "Diana wasn't interested in Andrew. It was Charles she was interested in."
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