In 1934, when he was only five, Prince Andrew's father,
Alexander I, was assassinated and his elder brother Peter succeeded to the throne as King
Peter II of Yugoslavia. After the fall of the monarchy in Yugoslavia, Prince Andrew went into exile in
London, where, after graduating in mathematics from
Clare College, Cambridge University, he became an
insurance broker. In 1947, Prince Andrew was a guest at the
wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten. Andrew was a prominent
Rotarian.
Marriages and issue On 2 August 1956, he married his third cousin once removed
Princess Christina of Hesse (10 January 1933 – 21 November 2011), in
Kronberg im Taunus, Germany. She was the eldest child of
Prince Christoph of Hesse and
Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (elder sister of
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of
Queen Elizabeth II). They had two children, both of whom were godchildren of their uncle
the Duke of Edinburgh: • Princess Maria Tatiana ("Tania") of Yugoslavia (18 July 1957), married 30 June 1990 Gregory Per Edward Anthony Michael Thune-Larsen. They had two daughters: • Sonia Tatiana Thune-Larsen (29 October 1992). • Olga Kristin Thune-Larsen (26 October 1995). • Prince Christopher (4 February 1960 – 14 May 1994), a science teacher who died in a bicycle accident. The couple divorced in London on 31 May 1962. On 18 September 1963, he married his second cousin Princess Kira Melita of
Leiningen (18 July 1930 – 24 September 2005), daughter of
Karl, Prince of Leiningen, and
Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. They had three children: • Princess Lavinia Marie of Yugoslavia (18 October 1961), born while her father was still married to Princess Christina of
Hesse and registered as
Lavinia Maria Lane; she was adopted legally by her parents on 15 November 1965, enabling her to be recognized a legitimate member of the Royal House of Yugoslavia. Married firstly 20 May 1989 Erastos Dimitrios Sidiropoulos (divorced 14 June 1993) and secondly on 4 October 1998 Austin Prichard-Levy (1953–2017). They had three children: • Nadya Marie George (11 December 1987), illegitimate; fathered by Roy Rexford Finnimore, her surname was changed to Sidiropoulos in 1990. • Andrej Aristotle Sidiropoulos (22 February 1990). • Luca Orlando Christopher Prichard-Levy (14 February 2000). • Prince Karl Vladimir Cyril Andrej of Yugoslavia (11 March 1964), married 18 April 2000 Brigitte
Müller. • Prince Dimitri Ivan Mihailo of Yugoslavia (21 April 1965). They were divorced in Frankfurt am Main on 10 July 1972. Andrej married thirdly Eva Maria
Anđelković, (26 August 1926 – 13 December 2020) on 30 March 1974 in
Palm Springs, California, USA. The couple had no issue. ==Death==