![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/how-andy-played-role-in-breaking-devastating-news-to-queen-in-worst-year-ever/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OP_LY_PRINCE-ANDREW-QUEEN.jpg&description=THIS is how Prince Andrew played a role in breaking devastating news to the Queen - sparking the historic speech about her worst year ever. Her Majesty dubbed 1992 'annus horribilis' after she endured 12 months of heartache and sorrow. Prince Andrew had to break devastating news to his mother in 1992Credit: Getty He had to tell the Queen of the Windsor Castle fire which broke out while she was awayCredit: AP Her Majesty rushed to her beloved castle after Andrew's callCredit: Alamy Not only had three of her four children's marriages failed, but Diana's bombshell biography was released - and part of the Queen's beloved Windsor Castle was destroyed in a fire. And Prince Andrew, who is said to be the Queen's favourite son, had the duty of telling his mother about the heart-breaking blaze. On November 20, 1992, a faulty spotlight in Her Majesty's Victoria's Private Chapel set alight to a curtain next to the altar. Just minutes later, the fire started spreading through the historic castle, including into St George's Hall next door. The fire was spotted at 11.30am and within three hours a team of 225 firefighters from seven counties were tackling the outbreak. The Queen and Prince Philip were not there at the time. But Andrew happened to be there as he was doing research for a course he was taking at Staff College in Camberley. The then-32-year-old was said to have organised a human chain to bring out artworks and valuables that may be destroyed. He then had the difficult duty of telling his mother what had happened. As soon as the Queen picked up the call from Andrew, she rushed to her beloved home and arrived about 3pm. Photographs from the time show Her Majesty looking sombre in a hooded rain jacket and head scarf as she speaks to firefighters and surveys the remnants of her castle. She was said to have stayed for an hour, leaving as Prince Andrew spoke to journalists. He told the reporters his mum was "devastated'. The blaze destroyed 115 rooms, causing millions of pou){kind=link}
THIS is how Prince Andrew played a role in breaking devastating news to the Queen – sparking the historic speech about her worst year ever.
Her Majesty dubbed 1992 “annus horribilis” after she endured 12 months of heartache and sorrow.
Not only had three of her four children’s marriages failed, but Diana’s bombshell biography was released – and part of the Queen’s beloved Windsor Castle was destroyed in a fire.
And Prince Andrew, who is said to be the Queen’s favourite son, had the duty of telling his mother about the heart-breaking blaze.
On November 20, 1992, a faulty spotlight in Her Majesty’s Victoria’s Private Chapel set alight to a curtain next to the altar.