Lord Porchester Prince Andrew

He was the only son of the 6th earl of carnarvon by his wife catherine wendell.

Lord porchester prince andrew. Henry george reginald molyneux herbert 7th earl of carnarvon kcvo kbe dl 19 january 1924 11 september 2001 was a british peer and racing manager to queen elizabeth ii from 1969. While speaking with the daily telegraph a former lady in waiting. Since the queen and porchesters so called affair took place in the late 1950s rumors swirled that prince andrew is their son. They had three children together henry carolyn and george.

Andrew was surely advised to end it as it brought shame on the house of windsor. Lord porchester is prince andrews biological father and that the late baron patrick plunket was prince. The family wasnt amused by the relationship. In the late 1950s it was suggested porchie might be the father of prince andrew who was born on february 19 1960.

Like his father henry senior lord porchester fell in love with an anglo american and he married jean margaret wallop in 1956. However andrew is a royal prince and probably should have known better than to date someone who did erotic film scenes. He was also the grandson of the george herbert an aristocrat who funded the. Answered may 18 2018.

However the rumours were false as andrew was conceived after philips. From his birth to september 1987 he was known by the courtesy title baron porchesterhe owned the family seat highclere castle. The telegraph pointed out that there is no evidence that the queen and lord porchester ever came close to marrying however there were rampant rumors that porchey was the biological father of. They were childhood friends and the name was short for lord porchester the courtesy title by which he was known until he inherited the earldom.

Doubts about prince andrews fatherhood have been going the rounds ever since the princely gelding was conceived and prince philip did a lengthy runner on the royal yacht and did not come back until a few days before the birth.