Prince Andrew Had ‘40 Prostitutes’ Despatched to Lodge: Report

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New claims about Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's previous have come to gentle.

“In 2001, he's 41, he's having his midlife disaster, and he mainly begins chasing heaps and plenty of girls,” royal historian Andrew Lownie claimed on the Wednesday, October 29, episode of the “Deep Dive” podcast. “He makes use of the excuse of his function as commerce envoy, paid for by the taxpayer, to go off on these journeys, however he all the time places in two weeks of ‘personal time.' So, we pay for his vacation after which he goes off and does issues.”

Based on Lownie, Andrew, now 65, as soon as took a visit to Thailand to rejoice then-king Rama IX's birthday. (The previous Thai monarch died in 2016.)

“Andrew is representing his nation and insists on staying in a five-star lodge relatively than the embassy, which he all the time did,” Lownie, whose unauthorized biography of Andrew was printed earlier this 12 months, additional alleged, claiming that the disgraced royal had “40 prostitutes introduced within the area of 4 days.”

“This was all enabled by diplomats and others,” Lownie mentioned, alleging that the claims have been corroborated by a number of sources. “He was [also] sending an inventory of individuals he wished to satisfy for his personal private enterprise pursuits.”

Lownie additional claimed that members of the royal household have been conscious of Andrew's actions and “enabled” his actions with none penalties.

“They only turned a blind eye,” mentioned Lownie, whose Entitled ebook additionally claimed that Andrew cheated on then-wife Sarah Ferguson throughout their first 12 months of marriage. “They only had a blind spot for his or her son.”

A number of retailers, together with the U.Ok.'s LBC, Metro and Daily Mail, have reported these claims. Us Weekly has reached out for remark concerning these allegations.

Us confirmed on Thursday, October 30, that King Charles III started the method of formally eradicating his youthful brother Andrew's royal titles and “HRH” honorifics amid his ongoing scandal and ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein. Virginia Giuffre's lately launched posthumous memoir additionally resurfaced accusations of sexual assault towards Andrew following claims that she was arrange with him by an affiliate of Epstein's.

Andrew initially denied Giuffre's accusations after she first filed a lawsuit in 2019, later settling out of court docket for an undisclosed sum. Amid her ebook's publication, Andrew deliberate to cease utilizing any of his regal titles.

“In dialogue with The King, and my fast and wider household, we have now concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Household,” Andrew mentioned in a press release shared with Us earlier this month. “I've determined, as I all the time have, to place my responsibility to my household and nation first. I stand by my resolution 5 years in the past to face again from public life.”

He continued, “With His Majesty's settlement, we really feel I need to now go a step additional. I'll due to this fact now not use my title or the honors which have been conferred upon me. As I've mentioned beforehand, I vigorously deny the accusations towards me.”

As Charles, 76, stripped his sibling of his royal associations, he additionally served Andrew “formal discover” to vacate Royal Lodge and transfer into another personal lodging.

“These censures are deemed mandatory, however the truth that he continues to disclaim the allegations towards him,” a press release from Buckingham Palace reads. “Their Majesties want to clarify that their ideas and utmost sympathies have been, and can stay with, the victims and survivors of any and all types of abuse.”