FOLKS who believe Queen Elizabeth’s third kid, playboy Prince Andrew, is her favorite are WRONG — her fourth and youngest whelp, Edward, is the golden child.
The claim for Randy Andy, 59, is fueled by his decision to skip fun times at a university and join the stricter Britannia Royal Naval College —which left Her Majesty and his dad, Prince Philip, beaming with pride, says historian Piers Brendon.
But Prince Edward, 55, is clearly the favorite, because instead of naming him a duke like his brothers, Elizabeth granted him the title Earl of Wessex the day he wed Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999, say sources.
That made Eddie the first earl since the 1500s.
He’ll assume his dad’s title of Duke of Edinburgh when Philip, 97, kicks the bucket — a…
