A scorching new royal tell-all is dragging ex-Prince Andrew back into the spotlight – and the picture it paints is beyond gross.
In his book “Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York,” royal biographer Andrew Lownie portrays Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as sexually obsessive, cruel to staff, and drunk on entitlement, according to claims based on hundreds of interviews and previously unseen testimony.
The disgraced duke, long shielded by his royal status, is accused of everything from humiliating staff to allegedly coercive encounters with women. Lownie suggests palace insiders knew plenty but did little to rein him in – even as the monarchy battled other scandals.
One of the most jaw-dropping sections centers on Andrew’s friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Lownie says Epstein allegedly bragged that he and Andrew were “serial sex addicts” and claimed the royal was even more “obsessed” than he was. Epstein reportedly told associates that, based on feedback from women they both knew, Andrew was “the most perverted” in the bedroom and into behavior that even Epstein thought was extreme.
Lownie also alleges Andrew enjoyed astonishing sexual access while traveling overseas on royal business. During the King of Thailand’s diamond jubilee celebrations in Bangkok in 2006, a reporter claims that more than 40 women were brought up to Andrew’s hotel room over the course of his stay – sometimes with one woman leaving just as another arrived. Hotel staff were said to be stunned that more than 10 women a day were reportedly heading to his suite.
Several women in the book describe encounters that left them disturbed. One 20-year-old model says she was flown to Mustique after meeting Andrew and claims he immediately pushed for “kinky” sex and “had no boundaries.” Another woman calls him crass and aggressive, saying he’s “about as subtle as a hand grenade” and that his go-to move was rubbing a woman’s knee under the table.
The alleged bad behavior wasn’t limited to the bedroom. Behind palace walls, staff say they were warned to keep their distance. One former employee recalls being told to stay away from Andrew because of his behavior and claims he would sometimes enter staff quarters, making people deeply uncomfortable.
Former housekeeper Wendy Berry describes the duke’s private quarters as a nightmare for staff. As a single man, she says, he routinely left “scrunched-up, soiled tissues” scattered around his bed for employees to collect every morning when they came in to make it – a detail that has already turned many readers’ stomachs.
Colin Burgess, who once served as equerry to the Queen Mother, says Andrew spoke to staff with open contempt, barking orders like an officer dressing down his subordinates. According to Burgess, Andrew’s catchphrase was simply: “Do it!” He sums up his experience with the ex-prince bluntly: “In all honesty, he wasn’t a particularly nice person.”
Lownie claims Buckingham Palace even braced for a wave of historic bullying complaints about Andrew after Meghan Markle was accused of mistreating staff. According to the book, one aide was left in tears after being “bawled at” by Andrew before dawn, while others were quietly moved out of his orbit because he allegedly objected to a mole on one man’s face or the fact that another wore a nylon tie.
The overall portrait is of a man allegedly indulging in cruelty, vulgar jokes, and a sense of untouchable privilege – humiliating guests, berating employees, and treating royal status like a shield.
“Because Andrew has never been disciplined, he knows he can behave exactly as he wishes,” Lownie concludes.
For a monarchy already struggling with scandal fatigue, this latest book threatens to reopen wounds the palace would clearly rather keep buried.
Discover more from
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

