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A new Prince Andrew biography, Titled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York by royal historian Andrew Lownie, is causing shockwaves across royal circles with new allegations of the Duke of York’s sexual misconduct while abroad on official duty.
The four-year work, titled Grenfell Tower: The Untold Story, came down over the weekend in the Daily Mail with salacious claims that could further blacken the already scandalized prince’s name. Although Lownie hopes Andrew’s ruin will ultimately be precipitated by financial impropriety, it is the tawdry specifics of his purported sex life that have drawn eyes.
Dozens of Women Allegedly Brought to Hotel Suite
It was during a trip to Thailand in 2006 on behalf of the Crown to attend the King of Thailand’s diamond jubilee that Andrew allegedly made his taxpayer-funded royal suite at the luxury Bangkok hotel a revolving door for women. According to the biography, over 40 women were taken to his luxury hotel over a weekend.
Witnesses were said to have informed Lownie that “the moment one departed, another would turn up,” so shocked were even the hotel’s experienced staff. Further stories from familiar sources within Bangkok’s high end social circle indicate Andrew and another foreign diplomat supposedly swapped women through luxury car services in a disgusting display of authority.
One journalist with connections to the Thai monarchy says the stories have long circulated in royal media circles but were never fully reported until now.
From ‘Randy Andy’ to Epstein’s Friend
Andrew’s womanizing reputation, previously waved off by tabloids as “Randy Andy” behavior, turned darker after news of his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell broke. The Duke infamously said on the BBC that he did not regret being friends with Epstein.
The Epstein scandal and Virginia Giuffre allegations albeit disputed in some respects constituted the first fissures in Andrew’s closely guarded royal armor. Lownie’s version of events in Thailand, though, is a picture of systematic sexual exploitation masquerading as official royal diplomatic business.
Opponents contend that no matter the law, such behavior constitutes blatant abuse of privilege. As one commentator remarked, “This wasn’t a fumble at a party it was an industrial-scale operation.”
A Culture of Impunity
Andrew is presented in the biography as acting with a sense of unassailable impunity, hiding nothing about his conduct during the Thailand tour. Lownie even quotes Epstein’s reported statement that Andrew was “the only man he’d ever met more obsessed with sex” than him.
And while Andrew’s supporters will argue that no Thai laws were violated and all involved were adults who consented, Lownie positions the problem as one of integrity and the abuse of royal privilege.
The new accusations come at a time when the British royal family is under intense scrutiny, and for Andrew, they might be a step closer to permanent banishment from public life.
