Royal Family Reportedly On Edge as Prince Andrew Scandals Spark Concerns of Hidden Secrets
The British monarchy has endured countless scandals, but insiders say its greatest vulnerability lies in the secrets still hidden. In recent years, the House of Windsor has been repeatedly tested by controversies beyond its control. The fresh allegations about Prince Andrew, highlighted in Channel 5’s Andrew & Fergie: The Duke and Duchess of Excess and in Andrew Lownie’s new biography Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, have once again reignited scrutiny of the Duke’s private life and financial dealings, while raising troubling questions about what else may yet emerge.
The programme explored Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s spending habits, opaque income streams, and notorious connections, including Andrew’s ties to convicted and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, the Mirror reported. But the most unsettling claims came from Andrew Lownie himself. “I think one of the most worrying things I discovered was the amount of kompromat there must be on Andrew. We know that Jeffrey Epstein had filmed people in his home,” he said.
Lownie alleged that such material may have been passed to intelligence services abroad, as per Geo TV. “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.” To date, no evidence has surfaced publicly, and Prince Andrew has never commented on the claims. Lownie, who was featured in the documentary, also called the couple "greedy" and chimed in with him, trying to find someone to say something positive about Andrew, but according to him, 99 percent of them did not have anything good to say.
But journalist Richard Eden summed up the unease, stating, “Who knows what could come out? I think the Royal Family still lives in fear, frankly, of what could come out.” Lownie also said, "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 incriminating tapes running around, and I'm just amazed that they haven't hit the internet."
Andrew’s royal role has been in tatters since 2019, when his infamous Newsnight interview about his friendship with Epstein led him to step back from duties and give up using the style “His Royal Highness.” Yet despite retreating from public life, he continues to attend family events, including King Charles’s Easter service earlier this year. At the same time, bizarre details about his private life, such as his “lifelong teddy bear obsession,” keep resurfacing. Former protection officer Paul Page once claimed the Duke would “scream and shout” if palace staff failed to arrange his collection of up to 60 stuffed toys in a precise order.
For Andrew’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, the fallout has been especially painful. Insiders say they are “mortified” by the fresh allegations and are keeping their distance, uncertain of what further revelations may emerge. One family source put it, “The extent to which the relationship can recover will depend on what further revelations, if any, emerge.”