Queen Elizabeth II has four children – Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. Prince Andrew arrived in 1960, ten years after Princess Anne, and the young prince soon won the heart of the nation. However, Her Majesty’s second son Prince Andrew has a rather strange nickname for his mother, according to royal biographer Andrew Morton.
In his 1983 book “Andrew: The Playboy Prince”, Mr Morton takes a look at the young life of the Duke of York.
Mr Morton writes: “The toddler had a special joint name for Nanny Anderson and his mother - ‘Mamba’.”
Mr Morton does not reveal where the rather unusual nickname came from, but does add that Nanny Mabel Anderson was the young prince’s “constant companion”
He writes: “So closely did she guard her charge that when Prince Philip and the Queen went to Windsor for weekends they left baby Andrew behind rather than disturb the nursery routine.”
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of York (Image: Getty)
Prince Andrew was born in 1960 (Image: Getty)
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