Five maddest stories from new Prince Andrew book from Trump chats to staff abuse
The allegations are detailed in the investigative biography of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, 'Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York', by Andrew Lownie.
Details of interactions with the now-President, disgraced paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell and more are retold.
The book, which will be released soon but is being serialised in the Mail, comes shortly after it was announced that Prince Andrew was yet again among the people who could be dragged into the questioning of Maxwell.
Epstein's former girlfriend is not thought to have previously been formally questioned about Prince Andrew.
In the meantime, Metro has pulled the five most mad and damning allegations from Lownie's book.
During a conversation in 2000, Lownie claimed that Trump handed Prince Andrew a list of masseuses after the pair chatted about 'p*ssy'.
It happened shortly after Trump and Prince Andrew were introduced by mutual friends, Maxwell and Epstein.
At one point in the book, Lownie recounted Epstein's remarks to friends about Prince Andrew, who he referred to as a fellow 'serial sex addict'.
Epstein reportedly said: 'He's the only person I have met who is more obsessed with p—y than me.
'From the reports I've got back from the women we've shared, he [Prince Andrew] is the most perverted animal in the bedroom. He likes to engage in stuff that's even kinky to me—and I'm the king of kink!'
In the year 2000, Lownie quoted Trump as saying at Heidi Klum's Halloween party: 'Andrew's not pretentious. He's a lot of fun to be with.'
Lownie wrote: 'Shortly afterwards, and clearly good friends, Trump and Andrew were overheard at an event to discuss Trump's plans for a golfing complex in Scotland.'
In 2005, after a storm at Hillborough Castle in Northern Ireland, it's alleged that Prince Andrew verbally abused a member of the royal household.
Lownie wrote: 'He could be unbelievably cruel. Andrew asked the head of the household, David Anderson, if there was any damage. 'Yes, sir,' responded Anderson.
''The tree which was planted by the Queen Mother.' This was followed by a withering silence, then Andrew said in a mocking voice, 'Did you mean Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother?''
Andrew then asked Anderson how long he had worked for the royal family, before touting: 'And you still don't know the proper way to refer to my grandmother? You f***ing imbecile. Get out.'
Another bizarre fact mentioned in the book was that the Prince adored playing 'choo-choo trains', where party attendees would conga and make train noises.
But one friend mentioned in the book: 'He's a nightmare to sit next to at dinner.
'He makes ghastly jokes about whether you're wearing knickers. And you can't tell him to sod off.'
Perhaps most worringly, Lownie wrote that some intelligence agencies are worried that Russia has 'kompromat', or blackmail, on Prince Andrew about the Epstein scandal. More Trending
There are reports that John Mark Dougan, a former deputy in Palm Beach County sheriff's office, fled to Russia with files on Andrew's involvement with Epstein.
Dougan has claimed the files contain 'lots of videos' and scanned documents, including a 'compromising video' of Andrew.
There is no current press officer for Prince Andrew, but Metro has contacted the Royal Household for a statement.
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