Queen Elizabeth II was "very keen" for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to assume a "prominent role in the promotion of national interests", according to a senior official’s memo sent to the then-foreign secretary before his appointment as trade envoy in 2001. In the note to Robin Cook, dated 25 February 2000, David Wright, then chief executive of British Trade International, wrote that Queen Elizabeth’s "wish" was for Andrew, then the Duke of York, to take up the position. Mr Wright outlined a job that would involve regional…