Having trouble recognizing your Royals?

It's hard for Americans to always recognize the so called "minor" royals.  But it seems that is might also be difficult for the Brits too!  Last Wednesday, the Duke of York otherwise known at Prince Andrew, was taking a walk in the private gardens of Buckingham Palace when the palace police ordered him to stick his hands up and get on the ground while pointing their guns at him!  There was a very tense standoff where Andrew explained who he was!  I have added a picture of Andrew with his mother, the Queen, just in case  you run into him and have difficulty recognizing him.

 

Andrew has stepped out of the public consciousness as the younger royals have taken over.  But there was a time when he was a tabloid favorite and his wedding to Sarah Ferguson in 1986 was a major royal event.  After his embarrassing divorce where his wife was pictured on holiday with a businessman having her toes sucked, Andrew has shied away from the media.  Of course in May 2010 when Sarah was filmed by the News of the World selling access to her ex husband for  £500,000 and received a $40,000 down payment in cash, he was once again on the front pages.  Both Sarah and he denied he had any knowledge of the deal.  But last month when Sarah accompanied Andrew and their daughters Eugenie and Beatrice to visit the Queen at her Scottish retreat, Balmoral, many people were shocked.  But Andrew and Fergie have always lived together after the divorce and maintained a close friendship.  It is rumored that they will remarry after Prince Phillip passes away.  Prince Phillip has apparently been reluctant to forgive and forget Sarah's many transgressions.