LONDON (NYPost) — Disgraced Prince Andrew allegedly had 40 prostitutes brought to his five-star hotel during a taxpayer-funded trip to Thailand, according to explosive claims made by his biographer.
Andrew, who was officially stripped of his titles Thursday and evicted from his royal residence in a humiliating fall from grace, engaged with the large group of women over a four-day period, royal historian and author Andrew Lownie alleged.
“There was a famous trip to Thailand — for the birthday celebrations of the King. Andrew is representing his country and insists on staying in a five-star hotel rather than the embassy, which he always did,” Lownie told the Daily Mail’s “Deep Dive: The Fall of the House of York” podcast.
“Andrew had 40 prostitutes brought in the space of four days. This was all enabled by diplomats and others,” the biographer stated.
Lownie said multiple sources, including a member of the Thai royal family, had corroborated the allegation. The trip was allegedly one of numerous excursions Andrew exploited at taxpayer expense when he was serving as a Trade Envoy for the United Kingdom in the early 2000s.
“In 2001, Andrew is 41, he’s having his midlife crisis, and he basically starts chasing lots and lots of women,” Lownie said during the podcast interview.
“He uses the excuse of his role as Trade Envoy, paid for by the taxpayer, to go off on these trips,” the historian continued. “He always puts in two weeks of ‘private time.’ So, we pay for his holiday and then he goes off and does things.”
Lownie argued there exists a “conspiracy of silence” surrounding the since-shunned royal and called on the British government’s National Archives to release its files on Andrew’s tenure as Trade Envoy.
“Andrew was sending a list of people he wanted to meet for his own personal business interests,” Lownie alleged.
“All the files from his time as Trade Envoy between 2001 and 2011 remain closed. They should be in the National Archive,” the historian stated. “They remain closed, and that is part of the conspiracy of silence around Andrew that we need to break.”
Lownie’s remarks were recorded shortly before Buckingham Palace announced its bombshell decision to formally shun Andrew by removing his titles and evicting him from his residence of two decades amid ongoing fallout over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The royal family has faced mounting pressure in recent months after revelations emerged that Andrew had maintained ties with Epstein years after he claimed to have severed communication with the late pedophile.
The controversy intensified following disturbing allegations leveled against the former prince by Epstein’s most prominent accuser, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, in her posthumous memoir. Giuffre, who died by suicide in April, had long maintained she was forced to have sex with Andrew when she was a teenager.
Andrew has repeatedly and categorically denied all allegations against him.
The biographer’s claims add another layer to the mounting allegations surrounding Andrew’s conduct during his years as a working member of the royal family. His tenure as Trade Envoy, which lasted from 2001 to 2011, was meant to promote British business interests abroad but has come under increasing scrutiny.
The allegations about Andrew’s behavior on official trips raise serious questions about oversight of royal engagements and the use of public funds. Lownie’s call for transparency regarding Andrew’s Trade Envoy files suggests there may be additional information about the former prince’s activities during this period that remains hidden from public view.
The timing of these revelations coincides with Andrew’s dramatic removal from royal life, marking one of the most significant downfalls in recent British royal history. His eviction from the royal residence where he lived for 20 years represents a complete severing of his official ties to the monarchy.
The allegations paint a picture of a royal who allegedly abused his position and taxpayer resources for personal pursuits while ostensibly serving his country in an official capacity. The claimed involvement of diplomats in facilitating such activities, if true, would raise further questions about institutional enablement of inappropriate behavior.
As calls grow louder for transparency and accountability, the British government faces pressure to address whether official files should be made public to provide a complete accounting of Andrew’s activities during his years as Trade Envoy.
