Prince Andrew was born in the Belgian Suite of Buckingham Palace on 19 February 1960. He is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Andrew served in the Royal Navy as a helicopter pilot and instructor and as the captain of a warship. In 1986, he married Sarah Ferguson and was made Duke of York. He was the defendant in a civil lawsuit over sexual assault filed by Virginia Giuffre in New York State.