LONDON, Oct 18, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Key dates in the life of Britain's Prince Andrew, who on Friday gave up his royal title of Duke of York after further revelations about his ties to US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

- February 19, 1960: Born Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward at Buckingham Palace in London, the third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.

- 1973: Follows in the footsteps of his father and brother, Prince Charles, to Gordonstoun boarding school in Scotland.

- 1979: Joins the Royal Navy, earning praise in 1982 as a helicopter pilot during Britain's war in the Falkland Islands, which had been invaded by Argentina.

- 1986: Marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. They take the titles Duke and Duchess of York, and later have two daughters, Beatrice in 1988, and Eugenie in 1990.

- 1992: Andrew and Fergie, as she is widely known, separate, divorcing in 1996 but remaining close friends.

- 2001: After leaving the Navy, Andrew becomes Britain's special representative for international trade and investment.

- 2011: He stands down as trade envoy amid controversy over his ties with Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender who preyed on young women.

- November 2019: Withdraws from public duties after denying in a disastrous television interview allegations that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl procured by Epstein.

- August 2021: Virginia Giuffre files a lawsuit against him for sexual assault.

- January 2022: Queen Elizabeth II strips him of his military titles and royal patronages.

- February 2022: Andrew reaches a multimillion-pound settlement to end the Guiffre lawsuit.

- September 2022: His mother, queen Elizabeth dies, and his oldest brother becomes King Charles III.

- October 2025: Gives up his royal title as Duke of York after new allegations surrounding Epstein and a Chinese spying scandal emerge.

His ex-wife will also no longer be known as Duchess of York, but Beatrice and Eugenie retain their titles as princesses.