PRINCE Andrew once claimed he was given his infamous nickname “Randy Andy” after he was caught going into the girl’s dormitory at his private school.
The Duke of York claimed that the nickname “stuck” after the seemingly innocent incident on his second day at the posh Gordonstoun school in Scotland.
He claimed boys were not allowed to go into the girl’s dorm at the £30,000 per year school – which was also attended by his dad Prince Philip and brother Prince Charles.
But the young Duke claimed he was caught out going to “say hello” to someone and was subsequently dubbed “Randy Andy”.
Andrew revealed the origins of his nickname during an unearthed TV interview with Selina Scott in 1980s.
Scott asked him about the origins of his nickname to which he sheepishly replies “which nickname?”.
After much laughter, she replies: “Randy Andy”.
“I’ll tell you exactly where it originated from. It was my second day at public school,” he said.
“I was unfortunate enough during my early days at Gordonstoun not to realise the rules of the house which is you weren’t allowed in the girls’ house.
“And I was unfortunately caught going through the door to the girls’ house – saying hello to somebody – and it stuck.
“Not many people use it nowadays and it don’t think that it actually fits today anyway.”
As a young man, the Duke of York was considered one of the world’s most eligible bachelors and was linked to a string of women.
He became known as the Playboy Prince and of course Randy Andy as the papers feasted on the Royal Navy helicopter pilot’s relationships.
These included actress Koo Stark, who it was revealed had appeared topless in an arthouse film in the late 1970s.
And in later years after his divorce from Sarah Ferguson, the Prince was regularly pictured at parties, clearly enjoying the company of young women.
He was a regular at nightclubs, including Tramp, where rape accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre says she danced with him.
But despite that, in his infamous 2019 interview on BBC’s Newsnight, the Andrew claimed he rarely “partied” and wasn’t a fan of public displays of affection.
He also denied ever meeting Ms. Giuffre despite there being a picture of his arm around her.
Prince Andrew has issued a defiant response to his sex abuse claims, including denying that he was a close friend with Ghislaine Maxwell, and claiming he wasn’t a frequent visitor of Jeffrey Epstein.
Pictures of the famously teetotal prince out partying with women have, however, resurfaced, as he faces a jury trial in a bid to clear his name.
The Duke of York was snapped dancing with glamorous blonde Chris Von Aspen while at a poolside party thrown by a Libyan businessman in Saint Tropez.
On a wild night in the millionaire’s playground of southern France in July 2007, the 47-year-old prince cavorted with 27-year-old Chris after the US socialite reportedly caught his eye.
Photographs from the night show a teetotal Andrew with his hands around Chris at the villa party.
Jeffery said at the time: “Andrew came over to me and asked, ‘What’s her name? She is beautiful. I love the way she carries herself. She is very classy.”
And meanwhile, other snaps show the Prince enjoying a wild night out with Canadian model and singer Pascale Bourbeau – while teenage daughter Beatrice was just metres away at the same party in Saint Tropez.
One picture from the night shows Pascale with her arms around Andrew’s neck, while he appeared to places a hand on her rear.
Another image shows a slightly sweaty-looking Andrew standing awkwardly next to the model with his hands by his side.
A third image shows the two almost nose-to-nose as they get close at the swanky gathering.
Andrew faces a two-day grilling starting on March 10 at a “neutral” location when Virginia Giuffre’s lawyers fly in from the US.
He will be questioned by ace lawyers David Boies and Sigrid McCawley.
And after that they interview a woman who alleges she saw the prince with Ms Giuffre at London’s Tramp nightclub in 2001.
Boies, 80, has a fearsome reputation as the “greatest deposition-taker” in modern US justice.
Boies has said he looks forward to looking the Duke in the eye – and has previously been dubbed “The Great Inquisitor”.
For his part, Andrew is reportedly being carefully prepared by his UK-based legal team over fears of a repeat of his car-crash 2019 interview with BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis.
