Focus On Prince Andrew Intensifies As New Book Makes Fresh Revelations About Epstein Ties

LONDON — A caller book touting explosive revelations astir nan life of Britain’s Prince Andrew has near nan embattled duke facing a renewed activity of damaging headlines.

The unauthorized biography, "Entitled: The Rise and Fall of nan House of York" by Andrew Lownie, was published Thursday.

It centers connected Andrew’s narration pinch his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, nan Duchess of York, and covers his finances and dealings pinch overseas governments, arsenic good arsenic nan timeline of his ties pinch Jeffrey Epstein — nan precocious financier and convicted activity offender who has been nan taxable of fervent attention successful some Britain and nan United States successful caller weeks.

NBC royal contributor Daisy McAndrew said Thursday that nan bully news for Andrew and nan royal family whitethorn beryllium that nan effect of this renewed attraction will beryllium blunted by nan reality that his estimation is already astatine “rock bottom.”

“It’s imaginable different group mightiness good beryllium taking immoderate of nan power disconnected Andrew,” she said, referring to politicians successful nan U.S.

Publisher HarperCollins says Lownie, a historian, drew connected 4 years of investigation and interviews pinch much than 100 group who haven’t spoken earlier successful penning nan 448-page book. The mostly said connected nan information of anonymity.

Excerpts person been splashed crossed Britain's Daily Mail newspaper, and a poll released this week found that two-thirds of Britons want nan disgraced younger relative of King Charles III to beryllium stripped of his remaining royal titles.

An earlier YouGov study found Andrew remains by acold nan astir unpopular royal, pinch conscionable 5% of respondents saying they held a affirmative position of him.

Meghan, nan Duchess of Sussex, formerly known arsenic Meghan Markle, was 1 spot supra Andrew, astatine 20%, pinch heir to nan throne Prince William topping nan rankings connected 74%.

A typical for Andrew and Buckingham Palace did not instantly respond to a petition for remark astir some nan book and nan polling.

Andrew returned his subject affiliations and royal patronages successful January 2022 aft his lawyers grounded to seduce a U.S. judge to disregard a suit accusing him of intersexual abuse.

He later paid a important sum to Virginia Giuffre, who alleged that Andrew sexually abused her erstwhile she was 17. Andrew has many times denied nan allegation.

Virginia Giuffre (then Roberts) pinch Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell astatine Prince Andrew's London location successful a photograph released pinch tribunal documents.

Giuffre died by suicide successful April this year, pinch her family saying successful a connection that “the toll of maltreatment is truthful dense that it became unbearable for Virginia to grip its weight.”

In December 2024, Andrew was caught up successful an alleged spying case aft cultivating an “unusual grade of trust” pinch a Chinese man who was barred from nan U.K. connected nationalist information grounds.

Britain’s High Court ruled that Andrew had been “prepared to participate into business activities” pinch nan Tengbo arsenic it lifted an anonymity bid protecting Tengbo's identity. Tengbo had been subjected to nan highest levels of nationalist information investigation successful nan U.K.

Other royals person seldom appeared successful nationalist pinch Andrew since his autumn from grace.

His nationalist opinionated has remained small changed since a disastrous question and reply about his ties to Epstein connected nan BBC’s “Newsnight” programme successful November 2019.

Despite this simmering anger and increasing pressure, McAndrew said she doesn't deliberation nan king will return nan drastic measurement of removing Andrew's royal titles. But, she said, William mightiness enactment otherwise erstwhile he ascends nan throne.

"He’s overmuch little sentimental arsenic a personality. And nan royal family (and early monarch peculiarly) yet must beryllium to protect nan monarchy," she said.

The royal family will person to see whether taking caller action against Andrew could tally nan consequence of him retaliating publicly. They whitethorn consciousness it is better, McAndrew said, "to fto sleeping dogs lie."