Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, has had his style, title and honours removed. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

The stripping of Prince Andrew’s titles and his exit from Royal Lodge marked a nadir for Queen Elizabeth’s second son since sexual assault accusations arose amid concern over his relationship with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It was a fall from grace for the 65-year-old, who was once second in line to the throne.

19 February 1960

Prince Andrew is born at Buckingham Palace, becoming the first child born to a reigning monarch since Princess Beatrice to Queen Victoria.

1979

Andrew joins the Royal Navy as a trainee helicopter pilot. He studies at Dartmouth naval college and completes Royal Marines courses.

1982

The prince serves in the Falklands war, after Argentinian forces invade the British overseas territory in the south Atlantic. He serves on HMS Invincible as a Sea King helicopter co-pilot.

1984

Andrew is promoted to lieutenant and the queen makes him her personal aide-de-camp. He serves onboard HMS Brazen as a flight pilot until 1986.

(Left to right) Charles, then-prince of Wales, Prince Edward, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Andrew and Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace, London, in 1972. Photograph: PA

Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson after announcing their engagement ahead of their wedding in 1986. Photograph: PA Wire

July 1986

Thousands line the streets in central London as Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey, and on the same day the queen makes him Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron K