[7] The third child and youngest son in the family, Andrew Andreievich spent his childhood with his sister, Princess Xenia Andreievna, and his brother, Prince Michael Andreievich, in the guest house of Windsor Castle – granted to his family by King George V. Until age 12, he studied at home and received a private traditional education, characteristic for the House of Romanov.

[8] Following his discharge from the Royal Navy at the end of World War II, Andrew Andreievich became an intern on an English farm in Kent, learning to become an agronomist.

[10][11] Following the death of his second wife, he moved to the town of Inverness, Marin County, California, where he worked as a carpenter and joiner, and later was engaged in a jewellery business.

His work typically depicted personal memories, impressions of American news, culture, and scenes of domestic life.

[10][2] Andrew Andreievich lived with his wife, the American painter Inez Storer, in Inverness, California.

He was married firstly in San Francisco on 9 September 1951, to Elena Konstantinovna Durneva (1928, Tokyo, Japan – 1993, Oakland, California).

She was the only daughter of Russian nobleman Konstantin Afanasievich Durnev (1896–1970) and wife Felixa Stanislavovna Zapalska (1903–2001).

They had two children:[2][10] He was married thirdly on 17 December 1987, in Reno, Nevada, to the American artist Inez Storer (née Bachelin; born 1933, Santa Monica, California).