Queen pressed for Andrew to become trade envoy in 2001 - as documents reveal he demanded trips to 'sophisticated countries' preferred 'ballet rather than theatre' and refused to play golf in public

Andrew was a 'natural fit' to succeed her cousin the Duke of Kent after he concluded his Royal Navy service in July 2001, the late Queen believed.

Queen pressed for Andrew to become trade envoy in 2001 - as documents reveal he demanded trips to 'sophisticated countries' preferred 'ballet rather than theatre' and refused to play golf in public
Andrew was a 'natural fit' to succeed her cousin the Duke of Kent after he concluded his Royal Navy service in July 2001, the late Queen believed.