Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor preferred to go to “sophisticated countries” and had a preference for ballet rather than theatre on overseas visits, his aide said, according to newly released documents related to his appointment as a UK trade envoy.

Andrew was a 'natural fit' to succeed her cousin the Duke of Kent after he concluded his Royal Navy service in July 2001, the late Queen believed.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor preferred to go to “sophisticated countries” and had a preference for ballet rather than theatre on overseas visits, his aide said, according to newly…