Channel 5 aired a documentary last night examining Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's controversial lifestyle, based on Andrew Lownie's explosive new book "Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York". The programme detailed the couple's spending habits and questionable connections.
Andrew Lownie described the couple as "greedy" and revealed that despite trying to find someone to say something positive about Prince Andrew, 99 per cent of people had nothing good to say. The documentary featured allegations about the Duke's treatment of staff and controversial connections.
Security concerns emerge
More seriously, Lownie alleges that compromising material involving Prince Andrew may have been obtained by foreign intelligence services. "I think one of the most worrying things I discovered was the amount of kompromat there must be on Andrew," he said in the documentary.
The biographer claims Jeffrey Epstein had filmed people in his home and allegedly sold information to Mossad, Libyan intelligence services, and possibly Russian operatives before his death. "There is material from my sources talking about kompromat in China, in Libya, in the Middle East, and elsewhere. So I mean, there must be an awful lot of sex tapes running around, and I'm just amazed that they haven't hit the internet," Lownie alleged.
However, no public proof exists that any tapes exist, and Prince Andrew has never commented on these claims. Journalist Richard Eden added: "I think the Royal Family still lives in fear, frankly, of what could come out."
Staff treatment allegations
The documentary included claims about Prince Andrew's behaviour toward palace staff, with allegations he would summon maids to perform basic tasks like opening curtains and picking up used tissues. Former protection officer Paul Page previously claimed in the ITV documentary 'Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile' that Andrew would "scream and shout" if his servants didn't place his collection of 50 to 60 teddy bears in a specific way at Buckingham Palace.
The allegations describe the Duke flying into a rage over the precise arrangement of the toys. These claims about his reported "lifelong teddy bear obsession" have reemerged following the publication of Lownie's biography.
Royal status and denials
Sources close to Prince Andrew dismiss the book's allegations as "inaccurate" and a "rehash" of previous claims. The Duke stepped away from public duties in 2019 following his disastrous Newsnight interview about his friendship with Epstein.
Despite no longer being a working royal, Andrew continues to appear at family events and joined the King for Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel in Windsor earlier this year. He stopped using his His Royal Highness title following the controversy.
Sources used: "Mirror", "Express", "Edinburgh Live", "Daily Star" Note: This article has been edited with the help of Artificial Intelligence.
