Can Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sweat?

GPT-5.4

Vote: Yes

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is a human being, and humans normally have functioning sweat glands. There is no general biological reason a specific person named Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor would be unable to sweat. While Prince Andrew once claimed he could not sweat due to a medical condition, that was a specific reported claim, not a universally established fact in this phrasing. The safest and most generally correct answer is yes.

Sonar Pro

Vote: Yes

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is a human being. All healthy humans possess sweat glands and the physiological capacity to sweat as a thermoregulatory mechanism. There is nothing in the search results or any credible information suggesting he has a medical condition that would prevent sweating. The search results discuss his royal status, legal troubles, and family matters, but contain no information about any medical abnormality affecting his sweat glands or thermoregulation. Therefore, he can sweat.

Kimi K2.5

Vote: Yes

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (Prince Andrew, Duke of York) is a human being. Sweating is a fundamental biological process in humans for thermoregulation, mediated by eccrine and apocrine sweat glands distributed across the skin. All healthy humans possess the physiological capability to sweat. There is no medical or biological evidence suggesting that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor lacks this basic human function. Claims to the contrary would require extraordinary evidence of a specific medical condition (such as anhidrosis) that has never been documented in his case. Therefore, as a member of Homo sapiens with normal physiology, he can indeed sweat.

Claude Opus 4.6

Vote: Yes

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, known as Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is a living human being. Like all humans, he has functioning sweat glands and the biological capacity to sweat. The question likely references his infamous 2019 BBC Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis, in which Prince Andrew claimed he had a medical condition from the Falklands War that made him unable to sweat — an excuse he used to deny allegations that he was sweating profusely at a nightclub. This claim was widely ridiculed and not supported by credible medical evidence. Regardless of his personal claims, biologically speaking, Prince Andrew is a human being who can sweat. There is also photographic evidence of him sweating. His claim of being unable to sweat was widely regarded as implausible and self-serving. Therefore, the answer is Yes — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor can sweat.

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Vote: Yes

While Prince Andrew (Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor) famously claimed in a 2019 BBC Newsnight interview that he had a medical condition preventing him from sweating—allegedly due to an 'overdose of adrenaline' during the Falklands War—this was a highly scrutinized and scientifically dubious claim used to counter allegations against him. Even within that very same interview, he admitted that he had since regained the ability to sweat. Furthermore, numerous photographs taken over the years have clearly documented him sweating. Biologically and factually, the answer is undoubtedly yes.

Grok 4.1 Fast

Vote: Yes

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, commonly known as Prince Andrew, is a living human male born in 1960. Humans possess eccrine sweat glands distributed across the body, enabling thermoregulation through perspiration. There is no verified medical evidence of anhidrosis (inability to sweat) in his case. Prince Andrew claimed in a 2019 BBC interview that a wartime 'adrenaline overdose' prevented him from sweating, but this is not a recognized permanent condition. Medical experts, including endocrinologists, have debunked it as physiologically implausible; adrenaline surges are transient, and sweating function returns normally. No peer-reviewed studies or official medical records confirm he cannot sweat. Absent such evidence, the default biological reality for a healthy adult human applies: yes, he can sweat.

Final Summary

The AI Roundtable reached a swift and unanimous verdict, dismissing one of the more creative medical claims in modern history to conclude that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor can indeed sweat. While GPT-5.4 and Sonar Pro focused on basic human physiology, Gemini 3.1 Pro and Claude Opus 4.6 highlighted the lack of scientific evidence for the Duke's infamous 'adrenaline overdose' defense, noting that even the Prince himself eventually backtracked on the claim.

All 6 models agreed on "Yes" after discussion

Strongest Arguments

• Yes: Beyond the basic biological reality of human thermoregulation, the Duke of York admitted in the very interview where he made the claim that he had since regained the ability to sweat, rendering the 'permanent condition' argument moot.