Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, born Prince Andrew, is the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He became Duke of York upon his 1986 marriage to Sarah Ferguson, with whom he has two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. The couple divorced in 1996 but remain on cordial terms. Andrew stepped back from royal duties in 2019 following scrutiny over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In 2025, after mounting public pressure and renewed scrutiny over Andrew's links with Epstein, King Charles took the dramatic decision to formally strip his brother of his Prince and Duke of York titles and HRH style. Andrew also agreed to leave his home, Royal Lodge in Windsor, after it was revealed he had only been paying "peppercorn" rent on it for two decades, if asked.