The former prince Andréstoday with new nameis in the crosshairs of the international press after the rey Carlos III expel him from his mansion and strip him of all his royal titles for his ties to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In this context, more and more stories are appearing about his life of excess, such as one recently reported by the LBC media from the voice of the historian specialized in Royalty, Andrew Lownie.
Lownie told the podcast Deep Dive: The Fall of the House of York of the Daily Mail that in 2001, when Andrew was 41, the Prince “was going through his midlife crisis and basically he started pursuing many women«It was after his brother advised Elizabeth II against granting him the position of commercial envoy.
According to the historian, Andrew always went away for two weeks to have his “personal time” and on one of those trips he ended up in Thailand. He went to that destination on the occasion of the King’s birthday celebrations.
At that time, Andrew represented his country and was due to settle in its embassy, but He insisted on staying in a five-star hotel.. A gesture that they would later find meaning in.
Prince Andrew was banished from his mansion. Photo: AP“Andrew had 40 prostitutes brought in in the span of four days. “All of this was possible thanks to diplomats and other people,” revealed Lownie, who stated that the figure was verified “by multiple sources,” including a member of the Thai royal family.
The banished prince
British politicians, public opinion and the victim’s family Virginia Giuffre They praised King Charles III’s decision to strip his brother of his princely title as well as his spacious residence, a banishment that discredits a royal increasingly exposed to political and legal scrutiny over his finances and his friendship with Epstein.
The king moved to curb growing disapproval as damning new details emerged about Andrew’s relationship with the convicted sex offender.
Julian Payneformer communications secretary to the king and queen, said that as the scandal around Andrew, 65, grew and grew, the royal family had decided that “a turning point had been reached”.
Prince Andrew (I) talks with his brother, King Charles III. Photo: REUTERFormer Prince Andrew is now known as Andrés Mountbatten Windsor. As of Friday, he was no longer listed in the peerage, where he was previously listed as Duke of York, another of his titles.
Also will leave the Royal Lodgethe 30-room mansion near Windsor Castle where he has lived for more than 20 years, to move to a more remote residence financed by his brother on the king’s 20,000-acre (8,100-hectare) Sandringham estate in eastern England.
Buckingham Palace said Andrew had received notice to terminate his tenancy and would move out “as soon as possible”, although that is not expected to happen until after Christmas, when the whole family usually gathers at Sandringham.
