{"id":2105315,"date":"2025-10-21T09:18:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2105315"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:18:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:18:38","slug":"royal-author-claims-prince-andrew-and-sarah-ferguson-could-move-to-middle-east-or-switzerland-to-avoid-legal-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royal-author-claims-prince-andrew-and-sarah-ferguson-could-move-to-middle-east-or-switzerland-to-avoid-legal-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal author claims Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson could move to Middle East or Switzerland to avoid legal action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"story-primary\" data-area=\"story-primary\" style=\"grid-area:story-primary\">\n<div class=\"description g_font-long-format\">\n<p>Prince Andrew could escape to Switzerland or the Middle East and live \u201cin exile\u201d if he is ever the subject of a criminal investigation, a royal author has claimed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Andrew is facing fresh scrutiny over allegations the ex-working royal used his taxpayer-funded police protection to attempt to smear his teenage sex accuser.<\/p>\n<p>UK authorities have confirmed they are looking into claims <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/lifestyle\/celebrity-life\/police-launch-probe-into-prince-andrew-after-allegations-disgraced-royal-used-met-officers-to-dig-up-information-on-accuser\/news-story\/2b7c705691004734cc4f927b60acf56d\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"2b7c705691004734cc4f927b60acf56d\" data-tgev-label=\"lifestyle\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\">Prince Andrew sought information about his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, through his police protection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, there is currently no evidence the Met police ever did heed Andrew\u2019s directive to look into or possibly discredit the late Giuffre.<\/p>\n<p>Royal author Andrew Lownie wrote the bombshell book &#8216;Entitled&#8217; about the Duke and Duchess of York and has made a grim prediction about Andrew\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just hoping that our legal system is prepared to bite the bullet \u2013 no one including members of the royal family is above the law,&#8221; he revealed on Good Morning Britain on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Lownie, Andrew could possibly move abroad to Switzerland \u2013 where the former Duke once owned property &#8211; or the United Arab Emirates to dodge legal action.<\/p>\n<p>The disgraced royal\u2019s ex-wife Fergie may also opt to accompany her former spouse abroad to avoid public scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>The royal author and historian claimed the royal family of Abu Dhabi has quietly prepared a \u201cpalace\u201d for Andrew\u2019s use in the event he ever moves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got a picture of the palace in Abu Dhabi,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe could go there, possibly Switzerland &#8211; Sarah Ferguson was going to become a Swiss citizen &#8211; it will be interesting to see if they stay together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Lownie, Andrew is likely under increasing pressure to move out of the palatial Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Prince Andrew) talks about being a man of honour and putting his country first,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that\u2019s the case he should vacate Royal Lodge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No members of the royal family have been \u201cexiled\u201d in modern times, but several prominent royals have lived abroad, including the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.<\/p>\n<p>The update comes day after Prince Andrew gave up most of his remaining titles and honours, including the York Dukedom and the Order of the Garter.<\/p>\n<p>While Prince Andrew &#8211; who continues to deny any wrongdoing &#8211; released a statement claiming he was choosing not to use the titles, the move reportedly came at the behest of Prince William.<\/p>\n<p>That move also saw Sarah Ferguson lose the courtesy title Duchess of York, effectively ending decades of family tensions over Fergie\u2019s money-making schemes.<\/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.skynews.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Andrew could escape to Switzerland or the Middle East and live \u201cin exile\u201d if he is ever the subject of a criminal investigation, a royal author has claimed. Andrew is facing fresh scrutiny over allegations the ex-working royal used his taxpayer-funded police protection to attempt to smear his teenage sex accuser. 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