Queen pushed for ex-prince Andrew’s appointment as trade envoy, documents show
Queen Elizabeth pressed for her son Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be made a government trade envoy back in 2000, according to documents released on Thursday.
Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of King Charles, served as the UK’s Special Representative for International Trade and Investment between 2001 and 2011 in an unpaid role that allowed him to travel the world meeting senior business and government figures.
David Wright, the chief executive of British Trade International, said that before the...
Prince Andrew trade envoy files
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