More bombshell revelations likely about former Prince Andrew, says biographer
Melbourne, November 4: Andrew Lownie, the author of an unauthorised biography of Britain’s former prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, has suggested that further uncomfortable disclosures are still to come, a prospect he believes could deepen the royal family’s difficulties. His book, Entitled, draws on several years of research and interviews with around 300 people, and was published at a time when Andrew’s public standing had sharply declined amid escalating controversy. The latest developments include reports that King Charles has removed his brother’s remaining royal patronages and asked him to vacate the Royal Lodge residence.
As per agency report, Lownie’s broader body of work has long dissected the monarchy’s flashpoints, including the saga of the Duke of Windsor’s 1936 abdication. In his new study, he frames the Andrew–Sarah story as one marked by early wounds, betrayals, excess, and the misuse of power, arguing that a pattern of poor judgment left both exposed to scandal.
A substantial portion of the book addresses Andrew’s association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which Lownie says wrecked the prince’s public role. After a widely criticised 2019 appearance on the BBC’s Newsnight, in which Andrew rejected accusations made by Virginia Giuffre, he withdrew from official duties and has struggled to regain any public role since. Recent attention around Giuffre and the publication of her memoir, Nobody’s Girl, has kept the case in the headlines and, according to the book’s narrative, spurred the palace toward tougher steps involving Andrew’s status and housing.
The biography also revisits the prince’s business dealings following his naval career, when he served as a UK trade representative. Lownie alleges that Andrew blurred lines between public duty and private interest, citing connections in places such as Libya, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, and describing repeated controversies over the use of official resources, including flights and helicopters, for personal convenience.
Sarah Ferguson’s financial habits receive similarly unsparing treatment. The author portrays a lifestyle funded in part by wealthy friends, paid speaking engagements and television appearances in the United States, and claims that some charitable involvement overlapped with personal financial gain. He likens the scale and spectacle of their spending to the world of celebrity reality culture.
The book also draws stylistic parallels between the Mountbatten-Windsor household and the Trump family’s brand of ostentation, pointing to the couple’s first marital home at Sunninghill as a “Trump-style” display of marble, trophies and grandeur. Public remarks by Donald Trump expressing sympathy for the couple’s situation are cited as part of that comparison.
Lownie concludes that the Andrew affair has inflicted serious reputational harm on the monarchy but argues that King Charles’s recent firmness has, for now, stabilised the institution. He casts the king as a more capable constitutional figure than many expected, while noting that Andrew’s semi-seclusion at Sandringham may or may not prevent fresh controversies. The book ultimately contends that the crown’s endurance may owe as much to public scepticism toward political leaders as to any affection for a scandal-tested royal family, leaving the institution intact even as it absorbs repeated shocks.
