Royal Expert Accuses Andrew of Being a 'Willing Participant' in Russian Intelligence Schemes
Royal expert Andrew Lownie claims Russian intelligence services exploited Andrew's personal network to gain influence in Western capitals.
After Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of leaking government information to Jeffrey Epstein, more bombshell accusations have surfaced. Just when he appeared to be catching a breather, royal expert Andrew Lownie has claimed that Russian intelligence services exploited Mountbatten-Windsor's network to gain influence in Western capitals. And on what basis does he claim? Lownie cites a RIS dossier document as evidence, which reportedly suggests the former prince was a consensual participant in their alleged schemes.
On his Substack, Lownie revealed that the alleged RIS intelligence document, obtained from one of his sources, has not yet been cleared for release. Speaking of Mountbatten-Windsor's role in the shady dealings, he added, "Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was cultivated by RIS to cultivate a figure close to the British royal family as protection for them to conduct both intelligence and corruption operations within the EU, UK, and US. Using AMW [Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor] as a front provided legitimacy to corruption operations worldwide." He stressed the documents clearly mentioned that the former Duke of York was a 'willing participant' in these schemes in exchange for financial, sexual, and personal reward.
And to double down on his allegations, the royal expert argued that he had seen the document personally, along with a lot of intelligence officials reportedly briefing the press. As for why Mountbatten-Windsor was an easy pawn for the Russians? "I think he [Andrew] was greedy. He has no moral boundaries. He was operating entirely in his own self-interest, and he was giving people like Epstein whatever they wanted." He also alleged that the Russian intelligence services used influential people like Epstein to gain access to political and business leaders and to 'control domestic law enforcement actions.'
Moreover, Lownie alleged that the Palace, as usual, ignored Mountbatten-Windsor's shady associations. He believed that the British intelligence services came across the former Duke and Duchess of York because they were reportedly associating with people who were of interest to them. He continued, "This would have been reported back to the head of MI6, it would have been reported back to the Palace, and I can only assume that the Palace ignored these warnings, in the way that they were ignored with entertaining these Iraqi oil dealers at Buckingham Palace, and the way they ignored the concerns about Peter Mandelson." According to him, despite the intelligence service doing their job, no one allegedly bothered to listen to them.
Lownie's allegations certainly would not be pleasing to Mountbatten-Windsor, who had been arrested on February 19 for allegedly sharing sensitive government information during his time as the UK's trade envoy. In a separate conversation with The Guardian, the expert stressed that in the aftermath of the former prince's arrest, the palace was in damage-limitation mode. He said, "Everyone understands that bit—and certainly not go anywhere near the national security scandal. The plan [of the palace], I think, at the moment, is to throw Andrew to the wolves."
