Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2014formerly Prince Andrew\u2014was stripped of his royal titles and privileges by his older brother King Charles on October 30.Andrew, of course, knew Charles\u2019s ex-wife Princess Diana, who apparently found the former Duke of York \u201cvery, very noisy and loud.\u201dThe former Princess of Wales also reportedly declared that Andrew\u2019s personality \u201cwasn\u2019t for [her].\u201d<\/p>\n
Like the rest of us, Princess Diana<\/a> had opinions about the man formerly known as Prince Andrew<\/a> and now, as of last month, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.\n<\/p>\n The former Princess of Wales described her brother-in-law Andrew as \u201cvery, very noisy and loud,\u201d and wondered if \u201cthere was something troubling\u201d him, according to Andrew\u2019s biographer Andrew Lownie, who wrote Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.\n<\/p>\n Prince Andrew and Princess Diana on December 25, 1988.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n Per The Daily Mail<\/a>, Diana said that the former Duke of York\u2019s personality \u201cwasn\u2019t for [her],\u201d adding that he was \u201cvery happy to sit in front of the television all day watching cartoons and videos.\u201d Diana also assessed Andrew as someone who was \u201cnot a doer.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cOne moment he would be diligent and polite, the next aggressive and rude,\u201d Lownie wrote of Andrew. \u201cLike his father [Prince Philip<\/a>], he had a short temper, a rather Germanic sense of humor, and did not bear fools gladly.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Prince Andrew and Princess Diana on March 5, 1990.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n Andrew was wildly different from his older brother, King Charles<\/a>, as \u201cCharles was sensitive and thoughtful\u201d whereas \u201cAndrew was macho, confident, and extroverted, the sort of son Philip had always wanted.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Fellow royal biographer Tom Quinn wrote in his book Yes Ma\u2019am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants that \u201cAndrew always behaved as if he was frustrated about not being the first-born and therefore destined to become king.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cIf he liked a member of his staff, he could be very loyal and supportive, but he couldn\u2019t resist being imperious and bossy and bad-tempered if anything went wrong or wasn\u2019t done exactly to his liking,\u201d Quinn continued.\n<\/p>\n Princess Diana and Prince Andrew on July 21, 1985.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n Back to Diana for a moment\u2014it seems that, according to royal biographer Ingrid Seward, Queen Elizabeth<\/a> thought her second son was a better match for Diana than Charles was.\n<\/p>\n