The late Queen was "very keen" for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be appointed as the UK trade envoy, according to a memo from the then-foreign secretary.
In a memo addressed to then foreign secretary Robin Cook dated February 25 2000, then-chief executive of British Trade International, Sir David Wright, said Queen Elizabeth II’s “wish” had been for Andrew to take on the job.
The memo was released on Thursday as part of a trove of files related to Andrew’s appointment as the UK trade envoy.
The former Duke of York faces accusations of sharing sensitive information with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein while serving in the post between 2001 and 2011.
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