Editing Prince Andrew, Duke of York (section)

==Early life==
[[File:G House from the South Lawn on an Autumn Afternoon.jpg|thumb|[[Gordonstoun]] school in Scotland]]
[[File:Royal motorcade (8075978363).jpg|thumb|Prince Andrew with his parents and brother Edward at the opening of the [[1978 Commonwealth Games]] in Edmonton, Alberta]]

Andrew was born in the Belgian Suite of [[Buckingham Palace]] on 19 February 1960 at 15:30 ([[GMT]]),<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=41961 |date=20 February 1960 |page=1377 }}</ref> the third child and second son of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]. He was [[baptised]] in the palace's Music Room on 8 April 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/2153189/queen-elizabeth-ii-holding-an-infantnbspprince-andrew|title=Queen Elizabeth II holding an infant Prince Andrew|work=Royal Collection Trust|accessdate=17 December 2021|quote=The Queen's third child, Prince Andrew, was born on 19 February 1960 at Buckingham Palace, and was christened on 8 April.}}</ref>

Andrew was the first child born to a reigning British monarch since [[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom|Princess Beatrice]] in 1857.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-23272491|title=Royal Family tree and line of succession|publisher=BBC|date=4 September 2017|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref> As with his siblings, [[Charles III|Charles]], [[Anne, Princess Royal|Anne]], and [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh|Edward]], Andrew was looked after by a [[governess]], who was responsible for his early education at Buckingham Palace.<ref name="Trade-ED">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12663378|title=Prince Andrew: Envoy career plagued with controversy|publisher=BBC|date=21 July 2011|access-date=14 March 2018|quote=Educated by a governess, then at Heatherdown Prep School, Surrey, and Gordonstoun in Scotland}}</ref> He was sent to [[Heatherdown School]] near [[Ascot, Berkshire|Ascot]] in Berkshire.<ref name="Heat-Lake">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jul/09/freedomofinformation.monarchy|title=The Guardian profile: Prince Andrew|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Patrick|last=Barkham|date=9 July 2004|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref> In September 1973, he entered [[Gordonstoun]], in northern Scotland, which his father and elder brother had also attended.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gordonstoun turns back clock to a golden age of cold showers (but would Prince Charles agree?)|date=28 April 2009|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/gordonstoun-turns-back-clock-to-a-golden-age-of-cold-showers-but-would-prince-charles-agree-1-1036044|access-date=14 April 2016|work=The Scotsman}}</ref> He was nicknamed "the Sniggerer" by his schoolmates at Gordonstoun, because of "his penchant for off-colour jokes, at which he laughed inordinately".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cawthorne |first1=Nigel |title=Prince Andrew: Epstein, Maxwell and the Palace |date=2021 |publisher=Gibson Square |isbn=9781783341771}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New book claims Prince Andrew was 'obsessed' with pornography |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/new-book-claims-prince-andrew-was-obsessed-with-pornography/WK6QRQVMQLBHKR5SQHNTRXIGOQ/ |access-date=1 May 2022 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref> While there, he spent six months—from January to June 1977—participating in an exchange programme to [[Lakefield College School]] in Canada.<ref name="Heat-Lake"/><ref name="DoY-Ed">{{cite web|url=https://thedukeofyork.org/about-the-duke/early-life-and-education/|title=Early Life & Education|date=26 October 2015|publisher=The Duke of York|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref> He left Gordonstoun in July two years later with [[Advanced Level (UK)|A-levels]]<ref name="DoY-Ed"/> in English, history, and economics.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/the-life-and-times-of-prince-andrew-born-to-be-spare-hgq5h96rv|title=The life and times of Prince Andrew|date=25 November 2019|newspaper=[[The Times]]|location=London, England|url-access=subscription}}</ref>