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A source with ties to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a> has claimed the disgraced royal \u201creally has brought it on himself\u201d, as he continues to live under the shadow of his downfall following his association with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>. The former Duke of York has always denied any wrongdoing. A royal insider who met Andrew through her former husband during the 1982 Falklands War, said the duke was already out of touch with everyday life decades before his dramatic fall from grace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI met him through my former husband, who served in the Navy alongside Andrew during the Falklands. They became friends, and we visited his home, Sunninghill Park, a few times,” they exclusively told Express.co.uk. According to the source, Andrew\u2019s children were close in age to her own, and the families spent time together during those visits. \u201cHe had children the same age as ours, and they got on really well. Eugenie and Beatrice were both lovely girls,\u201d they recalled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Although Andrew was not with Sarah Ferguson at the time, the insider suggested he still cared deeply for her. \u201cHe was not with Sarah then, but he had photos of her everywhere around the home. He was clearly very fond of her,\u201d they said, adding that even then, Andrew had a reputation. \u201cHe was a known womaniser even back then.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n While Andrew and her husband got on well, the source admitted her own impression of the former Duke of York was far less favourable. \u201cAlthough he got on well with my then husband, I found him to be rather aloof and arrogant,\u201d she and claimed Andrew had little grasp of life outside royal privilege.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In a shock move, that left them mortified, the source added, \u201cHe did not have much experience of the real world, and did not even know how to use a card machine, which I thought was embarrassing for a man of his age.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The former prince moved out of his home in Windsor this week, a symbolic moment in his extended fall from grace after more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein contained fresh revelations about his long friendship with Andrew.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Last October, the royal, was stripped of his titles by his brother, King Charles III, because of disclosures showing the extent of his association with Epstein.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n