{"id":2131189,"date":"2025-11-02T23:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T23:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2131189"},"modified":"2025-11-02T23:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T23:26:28","slug":"former-prince-andrews-biographer-on-how-the-ex-royal-fell-from-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/former-prince-andrews-biographer-on-how-the-ex-royal-fell-from-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Prince Andrew&#8217;s biographer on how the ex-royal fell from grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The story behind Andrew<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/30\/world-news\/prince-andrew-to-be-stripped-of-prince-title-buckingham-palace\/\">Prince\u00a0Andrew\u00a0is no longer a prince<\/a>. Great Britain bounced his behind royally. The new commoner had to leave his 30-room mansion so maybe next summer he\u2019ll scour Quogue for a Hamptons share.\u00a0Andrew Lownie\u2019s new book, \u201cEntitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York,\u201d details the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/30\/world-news\/virginia-giuffres-family-celebrates-her-courage-after-prince-andrews-humiliating-downfall\/\"> Jeffrey Epstein\/Virginia Giuffre case<\/a>. So, if you see handy Andy and shout \u201cHey, Prince\u201d you\u2019ll be summoning his dog.<\/p>\n<p>Lownie: \u201cI read history at Cambridge, did a doctorate in Edinburgh University, and I\u2019m an investigative biographer. I researched Andrew over 40 years \u2014 3,000 people on the record. Also, my mother-in-law went to school with\u00a0Sarah Ferguson\u2019s mother and Diana\u2019s mother. I had connections. Was in clubs where people trusted me over years. Eventually they crack. Hard to correct royals. It\u2019s research, secondary material like books and newspapers. I\u2019m roughly same age as Andrew. Been in the Navy, so I understood some experiences.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Brave storyteller<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI am not scared. I believe in the role of the writer to expose injustice, to get under one\u2019s skin because of their activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe institution protected Andrew. They\u2019d seal off people wanting to expose his relationship with Epstein. Ruthless methods to suppress the story. The queen was involved and basically put the monarchy second to her son.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The book claims, \u201cEpstein gave Andrew money to pay his ex-wife\u2019s debts, supply him women and say: \u2018I\u2019m the king of kinks, but Andrew\u2019s even worse.\u2019 They were close. Andrew tried to cover up this relationship, which went on longer than everyone realized.\u201d Andrew has denied any misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA sea change might now affect the royals. There\u2019s signs of openness about finances, parliamentary scrutiny, exemptions under the free information act. Good, because if you have nothing to hide then you have no problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlus there\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/31\/entertainment\/sarah-ferguson-living-situation-revealed-after-prince-andrews-titles-stripped\/\">Sarah Ferguson<\/a> who has people run to bars for her mid-afternoon, install 12 telephone lines by the pool, and open Champagne she doesn\u2019t drink. Brings 53 excess suitcases. One just containing coat hangers.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Getting the facts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cAll material was double sourced. I had to have statements from the people and that was provided by the (publisher\u2019s) lawyers. Lots wasn\u2019t included because we didn\u2019t have those double sources. I was the fact checker. But basically no one\u2019s come forward complaining about anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cindy: So, who pulls the plug? The king or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/01\/entertainment\/the-real-reason-prince-william-loathed-uncle-andrew-mountbatten-windsor\/\">Prince\u00a0William<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Lownie: William stiffened King\u00a0Charles. William could see the damage. The king realized he was being criticized for being weak and this was an opportunity to show that he could be strong.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/ae07a3726bec0fc91a840dddea9d294c\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cindy: So, what\u2019s he do for the rest of his life?<\/p>\n<p>Lownie: Ride horses, go for walks, play golf.<\/p>\n<p>Cindy: Who you peeing on next?<\/p>\n<p>Lownie: Prince Philip, warts and all. Philip had affairs and no one\u2019s talked about those yet.<\/p>\n<p>New Miami resident. Calls his old partner in New York. Says: \u201cSam, weather\u2019s good. It\u2019s great down here. But I got bad news.\u201d Max asks: \u201cWhat\u2019s the matter?\u201d Sam: \u201cWe\u2019ve just been robbed.\u201d Max: \u201cOh, please. Don\u2019t be silly. Just put it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Only in New York, kids, only in New York.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/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 celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story behind Andrew Prince\u00a0Andrew\u00a0is no longer a prince. Great Britain bounced his behind royally. The new commoner had to leave his 30-room mansion so maybe next summer he\u2019ll scour Quogue for a Hamptons share.\u00a0Andrew Lownie\u2019s new book, \u201cEntitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York,\u201d details the Jeffrey Epstein\/Virginia Giuffre case. 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