Whistleblower Warned King Charles About Andrew's 'Secret Deals,' New Email Reveals
A bombshell email chain has revealed that King Charles was warned as early as 2019 that the Royal Family’s reputation was being systematically ‘abused’ by his brother’s murky business associations. Months before Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s trainwreck Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis, a whistleblower with intimate details of his controversial 'secret deals' allegedly sent an urgent correspondence to then Prince Charles via royal lawyers Farrer & Co. The email did not mince words, explicitly warning of “David Rowland’s abuse of the Royal Family.”
For the unversed, Rowland is the controversial millionaire financier, described by the former Prince to Jeffrey Epstein as his ‘trusted money man.’
As reported by the Daily Mail, the whistleblower’s message to the Palace was damning. It read, “HRH the Duke of York’s actions suggest that his Royal Highness considers his relationship with David Rowland more important than that of his family.” A second email, copied to Charles’ private secretary Clive Alderson and the late Queen Elizabeth II’s solicitor at Farrer & Co., was sent directly to Rowland, stating, “The evidence provided unequivocally proves that you have abused the Royal Family’s name.” The whistleblower also alleged that Rowland “paid HRH The Duke of York to procure a Luxembourg Banking Licence” for his private firm, Banque Havilland.
Further evidence suggests that Mountbatten-Windsor allowed the Rowland to ‘effectively join in’ on official trade missions to China and former Soviet states between 2001 and 2011. In exchange, Rowland reportedly helped the former Prince as well as his former wife, Sarah Ferguson. It's alleged that in 2017, he paid off a £1.5 million (about $2 million) loan for the disgraced royal, and also gave Ferguson £40,000 (about $54,000) to help clear her personal debts. While the monarch recently extended his full cooperation with the authorities, noting that the law must take its course, these emails suggest that he was very well aware of the former Prince’s distasteful ties and still took no immediate action.
Amid this backdrop, calls to remove Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession are gaining momentum with each passing day. He is currently eighth in line to the throne and, according to Defense Minister Luke Pollard, stripping him of his right to succession would be the “right thing to do,” regardless of the police investigation outcome. On the shocking findings, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp suggested that he wasn’t ‘surprised’ at all. “Andrew has acted disgracefully and deserves nothing less than to face justice over his deals – something which has been denied to Epstein’s victims for too long. No one is above the law,” he noted.
Buckingham Palace has not commented on the matter, likely due to the ongoing probe into Mountbatten-Windsor’s ties with Epstein. A source noted that it would not be possible to confirm the whistleblower’s email, adding that any relevant material should be shared with the appropriate authorities. Meanwhile, Rowland's son has dismissed the claims regarding the banking license as ‘idiotic,’ alleging that the correspondence used in the report was ‘stolen.’ Still, a major question now hangs over Charles’ reign: how much did he really know, and when did he know it?