Inside 'boisterous bruiser' Prince Andrew's childhood and the telling remark he made about 'common people', according to royal author
Prince Andrew, 65, grew up 'boisterous, self-willed, extroverted, confident and active - everything Charles was not,' according to a royal author.
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