Editing Prince Andrew, Duke of York (section)

===Arms sales===
In March 2011, Kaye Stearman of the [[Campaign Against the Arms Trade]] told [[Channel 4 News]] CAAT sees Prince Andrew as part of a bigger problem, "He is the front man for [[UK Trade & Investment|UKTI]]. Our concerns are not just Prince Andrew, it's the whole UKTI set up. They see arms as just another commodity but it has completely disproportionate resources. At the London office of UKTI the arms sector has more staff than all the others put together. We are concerned that Prince Andrew is used to sell arms, and where you sell arms it is likely to be to despotic regimes. He is the cheerleader in chief for the arms industry, shaking hands and paving the way for the salesmen."<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/news/prince-andrew-cheerleader-in-chief-for-the-arms-industry "Prince Andrew: 'Cheerleader in chief for the arms industry'"]. Channel 4 News. 10 March 2011.</ref>

In January 2014, Prince Andrew took part in a delegation to Bahrain, a close ally of the United Kingdom. Spokesman for CAAT, Andrew Smith said, "We are calling on Prince Andrew and the UK government to stop selling arms to Bahrain. By endorsing the [[Human rights in Bahrain|Bahraini dictatorship]] Prince Andrew is giving his implicit support to their oppressive practices. When our government sells arms it is giving moral and practical support to an illegitimate and authoritarian regime and directly supporting their systematic crackdown on opposition groups. (...) We shouldn't allow our international image to be used as a PR tool for the violent and oppressive dictatorship in Bahrain."<ref>[https://www.caat.org.uk/media/press-releases/2014-01-15 "Campaigners call for UK to halt arms exports to Bahrain as Prince Andrew joins sales drive"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119003303/https://www.caat.org.uk/media/press-releases/2014-01-15 |date=19 January 2015 }}. Campaign Against Arms Trade. 15 January 2014.</ref>

Andrew Smith has also said, "The prince has consistently used his position to promote arms sales and boost some of the most unpleasant governments in the world, his arms sales haven't just given military support to corrupt and repressive regimes. They've lent those regimes political and international legitimacy."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/1/17/prince-andrew-britainelites.html|title=What Scandal Involving Prince Andrew Says – Al Jazeera America|access-date=19 April 2016}}</ref>