Writing more than 700 words in the account of Sarah Ferguson’s ex-wife, the Duke of York said he entered the war “full of thumbs up” but returned a “changed man”. The 62-year-old flew missions as a pilot of a Sea King helicopter during the 1982 collision, which marked its 40th anniversary on Saturday. Image: Prince Andrew’s Instagram post about the Falklands War His comments about his experience appeared in three posts on the Duchess of York’s Instagram page, however, they were removed within a few hours. Initially, the last post was signed “written by HRH The Duke of York” but “HRH” was later deleted. Earlier this year, his queen removed the honorary military roles of Prince Andrew. He then abandoned his HR style in a dramatic outcome of the urban sex case filed against him by Virginia Guiffre. He sued Prince Andrew for alleged sexual assault when he was 17 and was trafficked by convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The prince always categorically denied the allegations. What did the posts say? In the first Falklands Instagram post, Ms. Ferguson said she asked her ex-husband for his thoughts on the war. He began by saying: “As I sit here in my office this cold, crystal clear spring morning and think about April 1982, I tried to think about what was going through my mind as we sailed from Portsmouth, covering the HMS AHT flight cabin. . “ He continued: “So, while I was thinking about a day when a young man went to war, full of audacity, I returned a changed man. “I left the childish things and the false courage and returned a man full of knowledge of human weakness and suffering. “My thoughts make me think even harder and pray even harder for those in conflict today, for those families that have been torn apart by the horror they have seen. Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, shared a series of Instagram posts written by Prince Andrew, marking the 40th anniversary of his departure to serve in the Falklands War with the Royal Navy. After seeing an active fight, he writes, Andrew “returned a changed man”. pic.twitter.com/YuaB9dDT4O – Omid Scobie (@scobie) April 2, 2022 Read more: Prince Andrew named in Supreme Court ruling in case involving elderly woman and Turkish businessman Doukas accompanies queen to Prince Philip’s memorial “And I’m afraid to say that the historical perspective my short war has taught me is this – war is a failure to keep the peace; war is a failure of the human crisis; war is the failure to recognize that we must ask permission to understand one another’s perspective or reality, whether we agree or disagree with that perspective or reality. “ The prince also recalled the moment he was shot, writing: “I was flying and I saw a shell fired from one of our ships that passed not so far in front of us. He added that the “terror” had a “permanent and permanent effect” on him. Prince Andrew has spoken about the incident in the past – during his infamous interview with Newsnight. Claiming that he was sweating a lot during an alleged night out with Mrs Giuffre, he said he “did not sweat at the time” because of the “adrenaline overdose in the Falklands War” since he was shot. “It was almost impossible to sweat,” he said. Sky News contacted representatives of Prince Andrew and Buckingham Palace for comment.
