{"id":1966641,"date":"2025-08-18T12:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1966641"},"modified":"2025-08-18T12:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:49:15","slug":"prince-andrew-was-a-bully-who-humiliated-royal-staff-throughout-his-career-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-andrew-was-a-bully-who-humiliated-royal-staff-throughout-his-career-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Andrew was a &#8216;bully&#8217; who humiliated royal staff throughout his career: book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/prince-andrew\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Andrew;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Prince Andrew<\/a>&#8216;s reputation continues to come into question as claims made in a new book paint him in a very unflattering light.<\/p>\n<p>British author Andrew Lownie released an unauthorized biography called &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Entitled-Rise-Fall-House-York-ebook\/dp\/B0FHKYTWF2\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_w=JpEmN&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.0fb2cce1-1ca4-439a-844b-8ad0b1fb77f7&amp;pf_rd_p=0fb2cce1-1ca4-439a-844b-8ad0b1fb77f7&amp;pf_rd_r=136-9821267-5705227&amp;pd_rd_wg=8DOHa&amp;pd_rd_r=a1b937c6-37ee-447c-94b3-3298ce73672a&amp;ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.<\/a>&#8221; In the book, and in a candid conversation with Fox News Digital, he described &#8220;countless stories&#8221; of Prince Andrew &#8220;humiliating people&#8221; and being a &#8220;bully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In one example that took place in July 2005, Lownie wrote that Andrew approached David Anderson, who was head of the household at Hillsborough Castle at the time, about damage from a storm.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/prince-andrews-rudeness-kate-middleton-caused-ongoing-feud-prince-william-book\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Andrew's Rudeness To Kate Middleton Caused Ongoing Feud With Prince William: Book;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><strong>Prince Andrew&#8217;s Rudeness To Kate Middleton Caused Ongoing Feud With Prince William: Book<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 699px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prince Andrew walks outside Windsor Castle on Easter 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/m_F1thKIexT0ptNUh.yeqA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02OTk-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_fox_news_articles_947\/a26ec0d6b746394e2f2fe26c973354fc\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Royal expert Andrew Lownie told Fox News Digital that there are &#8220;countless stories&#8221; of Prince Andrew humiliating others.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Anderson told him that a tree that had been planted by Queen Elizabeth had been damaged \u2013 but he referred to her as &#8220;the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/prince-harrys-inheritance-payday-40th-birthday-eclipse-prince-williams-cut-the-spare-expert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Queen Mother;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Queen Mother<\/a>,&#8221; which was apparently something Andrew took issue with.<\/p>\n<p>Lownie wrote, &#8220;Andrew turned to face his head of household, and \u2018with eyes like George III\u2019 said: \u2018By who?\u2026 &#8220;Queen Mother&#8221; is for the public etc, &#8220;Queen Elizabeth&#8221; or full QETQM used &#8220;in-house&#8221;. Do you mean by my grandmother?\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read On The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><strong><u>Read On The Fox News App<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He wrote that Anderson apologized, but Andrew began &#8220;mocking&#8221; him. He asked the man when he&#8217;d begun working for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/personalities\/british-royals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:royal family;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">royal family<\/a>, and when Anderson told him that he&#8217;d been employed in service of the family since 1984, Andrew allegedly responded, &#8220;And you still don\u2019t know the proper way to refer to my grandmother? You f&#8212;ing imbecile. Get out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;s mother, died in 2002 at age 101.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH: PRINCE ANDREW WAS \u2018CRUEL TO STAFF,\u2019 \u2018TOOK ADVANTAGE\u2019 OF HIS POSITION, ROYAL AUTHOR CLAIMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are countless stories of him humiliating people,&#8221; Lownie told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>He shared some examples from the Duke of York&#8217;s younger days, accusing him of, &#8220;for example, pulling their dresses, trying to pull their zips on their dresses down at important events, teasing people by saying, \u2018Smell the pate here,\u2019 and pushing their faces into the pate when they lean forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;He was cruel to staff. He would humiliate them if they didn&#8217;t use the right titles for Her Majesty The Queen Mother. He would summon maids from four floors down in order to just to open a curtain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Like What You\u2019re Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><strong><u>Like What You\u2019re Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 699px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Prince Andrew looking serious in a suit.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/TlBYBxox9NyO0AMFTBdtPQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02OTk-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_fox_news_articles_947\/a6661f84dd609db17e46a49b51e02a0b\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prince Andrew looking serious in a suit.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/TlBYBxox9NyO0AMFTBdtPQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02OTk-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_fox_news_articles_947\/a6661f84dd609db17e46a49b51e02a0b\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">While Prince Andrew cannot use his HRH title in any capacity, he is still the Duke of York.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He told another story of a diplomat visiting, and when he stepped away for a moment, &#8220;Andrew then removed his place setting and chair, everything, because he knew his position of power, and they couldn&#8217;t really respond.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lownie claimed that Andrew &#8220;\u2026 used this position and took advantage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In &#8220;Entitled,&#8221; Lownie wrote that Andrew&#8217;s alleged bullying was such an issue that the royal family &#8220;held a summit&#8221; in 2021 to discuss his behavior. There, they reportedly agreed that &#8220;there was no way back for him&#8221; to find his place in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/prince-william-prince-harry-wont-inherit-princess-dianas-childhood-home-expert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the monarchy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">the monarchy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A former aide had been reduced to tears after being \u2018bawled at\u2019 in a phone call before dawn because Andrew was unhappy with a story in The Sun newspaper,&#8221; Lownie wrote. &#8220;One member of staff was moved to other duties because Andrew \u2018disliked a mole on the man\u2019s face,&#8217; another \u2018because the man was wearing a nylon tie.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 699px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Prince Andrew in blue suit\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/D0bwXOdZSriUgQVWlMPY0w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02OTk-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_fox_news_articles_947\/ccf64862269a90b698dff8e4caadfed2\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prince Andrew in blue suit\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/D0bwXOdZSriUgQVWlMPY0w--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02OTk-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_fox_news_articles_947\/ccf64862269a90b698dff8e4caadfed2\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Prince Andrew was recently accused of being rude to workers building a speed bump outside his home.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A new report from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/royals\/36264697\/prince-andrew-rant-speed-bumps-royal-lodge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sun;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">The Sun<\/a> appears to back up the claims of Andrew&#8217;s rude behavior.<\/p>\n<p>According to a source who spoke to the outlet, Andrew was upset when he saw that workers were putting in speed bumps at the Windsor Great Park estate \u2013 including one that would force him to slow down when leaving his home.<\/p>\n<p>As he was riding his horse, he allegedly barked at one of the workers, &#8220;What the f&#8212; are you doing now?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Andrew likes to drive his car out of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/prince-andrew-scores-victory-over-king-charles-royal-lodge-battle-report\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Royal Lodge;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Royal Lodge<\/a> quite fast and is obviously a bit peeved as one of the speed humps is right by the gate out of the park,&#8221; the source claimed.<\/p>\n<p>As Lownie writes in his book, these types of accusations have followed Andrew for much of his life.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/prince-andrew-gets-angry-teddy-bear-collection-isnt-perfect-pyramid-shape-bed-author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Andrew Gets Angry If Teddy Bear Collection Isn't In Perfect Pyramid Shape On His Bed: Author;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><strong>Prince Andrew Gets Angry If Teddy Bear Collection Isn&#8217;t In Perfect Pyramid Shape On His Bed: Author<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of his former classmates remembered the prince as &#8220;a very slimy so-and-so, arrogant, pleased with himself, a bully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She said, &#8220;He thinks he\u2019s funny, handsome and clever and he isn\u2019t\u2026 Nobody cared for him though some sixth-form girls hung around him\u2026 He swaggered around, but all the cool boys of his age thought he was a wally and tosser.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lownie told Fox News Digital, &#8220;Well, there are countless stories of him as a bully, right from as a very young child with other young children. But actually, last night I saw a friend of mine from university who&#8217;d been at school with him, and she was a few years younger. She was camping at the Duke of Edinburgh scheme at Balmoral, and he just wandered down. They were camping by the river, and just casually pulled the fly sheet off the tent, threw it in the river, and they had to carry this wet fly sheet as they marched for the next 10 days. They got rained on that night and got wet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><strong><u>Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;And that&#8217;s an 18-year-old with a 14-year-old girl. And I thought that was a pretty mean thing to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 699px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Prince Andrew not part of Queen Elizabeth Jubilee celebrations\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/KDGzZtdx2O9Vq4FP7cPssg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02OTk-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_fox_news_articles_947\/25d98199c8ce169f4d6390b5f8507fbc\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prince Andrew not part of Queen Elizabeth Jubilee celebrations\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/KDGzZtdx2O9Vq4FP7cPssg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02OTk-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_fox_news_articles_947\/25d98199c8ce169f4d6390b5f8507fbc\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">A former classmate of Andrew&#8217;s told Lownie that &#8220;nobody cared for him&#8221; while they attended school.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When Fox News Digital reached out to Buckingham Palace about the claims made against Andrew, 65, a spokesperson explained that they don\u2019t speak for the prince as he\u2019s no longer a working royal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prince Andrew is becoming the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/prince-william-draws-hard-line-uncle-prince-andrews-royal-future-experts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Titanic of the royal family;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Titanic of the royal family<\/a>, with him hitting the scandal iceberg, which could sink the whole royal ship,&#8221; royal expert Ian Pelham Turner previously told Fox News Digital. &#8220;Unruly, rude, arrogant \u2013 and that\u2019s, according to the book, some of his better qualities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a book that will secure the final nail in Prince Andrew&#8217;s coffin,&#8221; British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><em>Original article source:<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/prince-andrew-bully-who-humiliated-royal-staff-throughout-his-career-book\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Andrew was a 'bully' who humiliated royal staff throughout his career: book;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Prince Andrew was a &#8216;bully&#8217; who humiliated royal staff throughout his career: book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Andrew&#8216;s reputation continues to come into question as claims made in a new book paint him in a very unflattering light. British author Andrew Lownie released an unauthorized biography called &#8220;Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.&#8221; In the book, and in a candid conversation with Fox News Digital, he described [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1966642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[339613,348191,247742,22931,348192,22769],"class_list":["post-1966641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-andrew-lownie","tag-david-anderson","tag-fox-news-digital","tag-prince-andrew","tag-queen-mother","tag-royal-family"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prince-Andrew-was-a-bully-who-humiliated-royal-staff-throughout.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}