Andrew has hit a new low in his inexorable fall from grace, stripped of his cherished royal titles and exiled to rural England.

It marks another remarkable twist in the story of the 65-year-old once dubbed "Randy Andy" by the British tabloids, who led a gilded life as the favourite son of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Born on February 19, 1960 in Buckingham Palace, in his younger years the British public adored the handsome prince and helicopter pilot who fought in the 1982 Falklands War against Argentina.

He was seen as fun and comfortable with people, unlike his more remote and stiffer older brother, King Charles III.

But as his excesses went unchecked and times and attitudes changed, the public grew tired of his behaviour and then increasingly angry.

A YouGov poll published Thursday

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