New Prince Andrew biography a 400-page reputational death blow: experts

A brand new explosive e-book on Prince Andrew is so radioactive that a number of royal specialists already consider it can “safe the ultimate nail in his coffin.”

The disgraced Duke of York is the topic of an unauthorized biography by British writer Andrew Lownie that hits bookshelves on Aug. 14, “Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.” Royal specialists advised Fox Information Digital that it’s a 400-page-long reputational loss of life blow based mostly on tons of of sources.

One of many claims the e-book makes is that at one level, Andrew was “impolite” to Kate Middleton, generally known as the jewel of the royal household. This has resulted in tensions between the duke and his nephew, Prince William, which have lasted for years. 

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A supply advised writer Andrew Lownie that Prince Andrew (left) and his nephew, Prince William (middle), have a rocky relationship. “There have been tensions between the 2 males for years, partly occasioned by Andrew being impolite about Kate, and William has lengthy labored behind the scenes to evict his uncle from Royal Lodge,” Lownie wrote. (Chris Jackson/Getty Pictures)

A supply additionally claimed to Lownie that William, who’s inheritor to the British throne, “has lengthy labored behind the scenes to evict his uncle from Royal Lodge.”

“Envy has all the time been a powerful emotion inside the royal household,” royal skilled Ian Pelham Turner claimed to Fox Information Digital. “These alleged barbed feedback in the end upset William. It’s one among many ‘Child Grumpling’ outbursts Andrew was famed for when flying right into a rage when anybody questioned his authority.”

Kate, the Princess of Wales, is called the jewel of the British royal household. She is seen right here along with her daughter, Princess Charlotte, throughout Trooping the Color on June 14, 2025.  (Aaron Chown/PA by way of AP)

“Actually the Royal Lodge, Andrew’s house in Windsor, is a continuing supply of embarrassment for the remainder of the household,” Turner shared. 

Whereas Andrew has a 75-year lease, William may search for different methods to take away the duke from the too-large palatial property as soon as he turns into king, he argued.

Prince Andrew is seen right here driving to Windsor Fort on August 10, 2025, simply days earlier than Andrew Lownie’s e-book, “Entitled,” is revealed. (The Solar/Information Licensing/MEGA)

Lownie’s e-book paints the late Queen’s favourite son as a globe-trotting, womanizing eccentric — identified for unusual indulgences like “air showers” and a menagerie of stuffed animals, outbursts that left employees in tears, and a historical past of eyebrow-raising enterprise dealings.

It is unknown what Prince Andrew remarked concerning the Princess of Wales (pictured right here), however it was allegedly sufficient to anger his nephew, the inheritor to the throne. (Max Mumby/Getty Pictures)

Fox Information Digital reached out to Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace and a spokesperson for the duke’s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, for a remark. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson beforehand advised Fox Information Digital they don’t converse for the prince as he’s not a working royal.

Creator Andrew Lownie claimed that Prince William had been working for years to evict his uncle from Royal Lodge. (Arthur Edwards – WPA Pool/Getty Pictures)

“Prince Andrew is turning into the Titanic of the royal household, with him hitting the scandal iceberg, which may sink the entire royal ship,” mentioned Turner. “Unruly, impolite, conceited — and that’s, in response to the e-book, a few of his higher qualities.”

Andrew Lownie’s e-book explores Prince Andrew’s alleged mood tantrums, voracious sexual urge for food and extra. (Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Pictures)

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“I’m not simply shocked, as a journalist for 59 years,” mentioned Turner. “However this e-book examines the detailed intercourse lifetime of ‘Randy Andy,’ which sounds extra like a lifetime marathon than a dash, allegedly beginning at age 11. This, in any authorized type internationally, is baby abuse, which begs the query, how did this occur?”

“Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the Home of York” hits bookshelves on Aug. 14. (Westminster Press)

“It is a e-book that can safe the ultimate nail in Prince Andrew’s coffin,” British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard advised Fox Information Digital.

Whereas lots of the accounts shared with Lownie are eyebrow-raising, the U.K. Times reported that probably the most disturbing tales from his “character assassination” are these involving late American financier and convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.  

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell had been each indicted on federal intercourse trafficking costs stemming from Epstein’s years of abuse of underage women.  (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan by way of Getty Pictures)

The BBC reported that Lownie’s e-book “provides meticulous element” of the connection between the 2 males, which allegedly goes again to the early ‘90s, a lot sooner than what was beforehand claimed.

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Andrew Lownie’s e-book examines Prince Andrew’s connection to the late American financier and convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.  (New York State Intercourse Offender Registry by way of AP)

“The prince was a helpful fool who gave [Epstein] respectability and entry to political leaders and enterprise alternatives,” Lownie wrote. 

He additionally quoted a pal of Andrew’s who mentioned of Epstein that it “was like placing a rattlesnake in an aquarium with a mouse.”

“The general public picture of Andrew has been frightful ever since his notorious automobile crash interview on ‘Newsnight’ in 2019,” royal skilled Richard Fitzwilliams advised Fox Information Digital. “… Andrew Lownie offers us a portrait of a bizarrely dysfunctional particular person. He claims that… Andrew has leveraged his standing for private acquire, and he additionally sees him as a risk to nationwide safety.”

Prince Andrew is not the one one being examined in Andrew Lownie’s e-book. The royal’s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, can be closely mentioned by sources. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Pictures)

Chard identified that a few of Lownie’s promised revelations could not shock some readers. Nonetheless, the e-book received’t do the royal, who has been making an attempt to maintain a low profile since his exit in 2019, any favors. But it surely does show that “the Andrew downside” refuses to go away, she mentioned.

Prince Andrew stepped again as a senior royal in 2019 following his damning interview with “Newsnight,” which centered on his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. (Mark Richards – WPA Pool / Getty Pictures)

“[A lot] of the e-book’s content material is rehashing info that’s already within the public area,” she argued. “Nonetheless, there’s definitely a peppering of additional salacious materials, together with alleged intimate secrets and techniques. [But] we’re all conscious of Prince Andrew’s bombastic character and that he makes very poor judgments.

“His resignation from public roles and removing of his honorary army affiliations and charitable patronages are additionally effectively documented. He’s in a unending fall from grace and the circle of chatter round his buffoon-like conduct and alleged wrongdoing is ready to proceed.”

The Duke and Duchess of York had been married from 1986 to 1996. In line with stories, they nonetheless dwell collectively in Royal Lodge. (Chris Jackson/Getty Pictures)

“There are some things surrounding Prince Andrew’s private life that soar out at me,” Chard shared. “Prince Andrew could have been afforded many privileges. Nonetheless, I can’t assist however really feel unsettled by his susceptible, lonely, remoted emotions rising up. His air of detachment and acts of sabotage undermine others and himself… And folks will push to uncover the thriller behind Prince Andrew’s funds.”

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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew, Duke of York on Day 5 of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2019, in Ascot, England. England’s longest-reigning monarch died in 2022 at age 96. (Mark Cuthbert/UK Press by way of Getty Pictures)

In January 2022, the queen, who died in September of that 12 months, stripped her second son of his army titles and patronages. On the time, the daddy of two tried to have a sexual abuse lawsuit made by Virginia Giuffre dismissed. Andrew settled with Giuffre for an undisclosed sum, agreeing to make a “substantial donation” to her survivors’ group.

Giuffre mentioned Epstein trafficked her and that she had intercourse with Andrew 3 times: in London throughout her 2001 journey, at Epstein’s New York mansion when she was 17, and within the Virgin Islands when she was 18. The prince, who vehemently denied the allegations, acknowledged in an announcement filed in courtroom that Epstein was a intercourse trafficker and Giuffre “a longtime sufferer of abuse.”

David Boies, representing a number of of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged victims, middle, arrives with Annie Farmer and Virginia Giuffre, in federal courtroom on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, in New York Metropolis. (Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)

Giuffre took her life in April of this 12 months at her farm in Western Australia, her publicist confirmed. She was 41.

Virginia Giuffre holds a photograph of herself as a teen, when she says she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein.  (Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Pictures)

Royal specialists advised Fox Information Digital that regardless of e-book gross sales, it has already solid a darkish cloud over the Home of Windsor that may’t be ignored. Fitzwilliams identified that present U.Ok. polls strongly help stripping Andrew of his remaining royal titles.

“Andrew is a shame,” mentioned Fitzwilliams. “He has misplaced his patronages and can’t use his HRH title. Nonetheless, he’s nonetheless a Counsellor of State, a Knight of the Garter, and holds the title Duke of York. The previous are [a] the reward of the monarch. There are stories that his nephew will take away them when he succeeds to the throne.”

A number of royal specialists beforehand claimed to Fox Information Digital that Prince William will deal with “The Andrew Drawback” as soon as he turns into king. (Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Pictures)

“The removing of his dukedom would wish an Act of Parliament, and this is able to contain public debate, which the royal household will surely not relish,” he added.

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Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, on board HMS Invincible through the Falklands Battle, wherein he served as a helicopter pilot.  (© Hulton-Deutsch Assortment/CORBIS/Corbis by way of Getty Pictures)

British royals expert Hilary Fordwich advised Fox Information Digital that whereas the senior royals have lengthy adopted the late queen’s mantra — by no means complain, by no means clarify — she questioned if Lownie’s e-book would immediate them to publicly reply.

“The royal household is to behave within the curiosity of the British public,” mentioned Fordwich. “Sadly, the Prince Andrew situation has been and all the time shall be a blemish on an in any other case excellent monitor report of service and dedication to responsibility.”

Whereas Prince Andrew can’t use his HRH title in any capability, he’s nonetheless the Duke of York. (Steve Parsons/Getty Pictures)

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“This situation is rarely going away,” Fordwich warned. “His conduct has been past ghastly for therefore a few years. Sadly, this topic was a weak spot of the late queen. Even when employees tried to lift this situation, the dialog would inevitably flip to canine and horses.”

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“The royal household was conscious that the e-book was touchdown at a quiet information time,” Chard claimed. “They had been additionally conscious that it was going to be an unpleasant, damning learn… The royal household will experience the wake of the allegations and hold mum.”

In line with the Occasions, Andrew is now “lonelier than ever.” He primarily spends his time at Royal Lodge, the property he shares along with his ex-wife, studying digital camera manuals and watching favourite movies like “The Terminator.” His “saving grace” is the love and help he receives from his ex-wife, their two daughters and grandchildren. And lots of of those that as soon as spoke extremely of the prince have “deserted him.”

Prince Andrew and Sarah Fergon share two daughters: Princess Beatrice (left) and Princess Eugenie (proper). (Chris Jackson/Getty Pictures)

In the meantime, Ferguson has seemingly put out a message utilizing her private model. As Lownie’s e-book made headlines in late July, the Duchess of York carried out a public look in London carrying loafers bearing the phrases “By no means Complain” and “By no means Clarify.”

On July thirtieth, Sarah Ferguson wore a pair of navy velvet loafers, handmade by Del Toro X Rotten Roach, that bore a cryptic message embroidered throughout the toe that learn: “By no means Complain” and “By no means Clarify.” (Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis by way of Getty Pictures; TOPSTAR / BACKGRID)

“Andrew doesn’t seem like doing a lot except for enjoying golf and watching movies,” Fitzwilliams claimed. “It’s a far cry from the interval when he was seen as a hero after the Falklands Battle within the Nineteen Eighties. The Palace have to be grateful in that it not acts for him, as this biography is extraordinarily damning, each for him and his ex-wife.”

“The place does that go away him now? Damaged… in solitude and despair at Royal Lodge, watching airplanes land on an enormous display,” Turner claimed. “The substantial mansion, by all accounts, is falling round him. Morally, he’s being propped up by Sarah Ferguson and his daughters.”

In line with royal specialists, Prince Andrew spends his time horseback using, tending to his gardens and watching tv. (OWEN HUMPHREYS/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

But when Prince Andrew was ever hoping to say “I will be again,” he may neglect it, mentioned Chard. A royal comeback will not ever be within the playing cards. 

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Prince Andrew, seen right here in 2019 earlier than his royal exit, now spends his days at Royal Lodge. (JOHN THYS/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

“The injury has been executed,” she mentioned. “Prince Andrew not has the royal function that he so desperately craves. He misplaced his royal standing, which gave him his platform and standing. He won’t get this standing again.”

“Maybe he [could]… write his personal licensed biography,” mentioned Turner. “He has nothing to lose.”

The Related Press contributed to this report.