'Entitled' - new book claims Prince Andrew slept with 12 women in his first year of marriage
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The story of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, the Duke and Duchess of York, has long been a subject of royal highs and dramatic lows.
Now, a new book by royal biographer Andrew Lownie, titled 'Entitled', promises to pull back the curtain on one of the most spoken-about marriages in modern royal history.
Sourced from the accounts of those close to the couple, the biography paints a picture of a relationship that was allegedly fraught with infidelity from the very beginning, even as Andrew's own reputation was on a path toward public disgrace.
A marriage plagued by infidelity
According to Lownie's book, Prince Andrew was unfaithful to Sarah Ferguson within the first year of their marriage.
An excerpt, published in the Daily Mail, claims that a former driver for the Duke of York alleged Andrew had slept with "more than a dozen women before their first anniversary."
The book cites a royal source who revealed that Ferguson grew "crazy" after discovering Andrew was not returning to their home on some of his naval leaves.
The source claimed she was a "shore widow" and that to learn this was intentional "really hurt." It was also alleged that in one particular year, Andrew only spent 42 days at home, a clear sign of the distance and disconnect in their relationship.
The Guardian, also reporting on claims from the book, shared a particularly lurid anecdote from one of the Prince's foreign trips.
It's alleged that while in a Bangkok hotel on an official visit, Andrew had "more than 10 women a day" entering his room.
The book further explores the complexities of their marriage, including Ferguson's own alleged affairs with men like Steve Wyatt.
A psychic healer cited in the book recalled the Duchess saying Andrew was "just not strong enough" and that he was "never there when I need him."
Despite their separation and eventual divorce in 1996, the former couple have maintained a famously close relationship, often appearing together and still sharing a home at Royal Lodge in Windsor.
The ongoing scandal surrounding Prince Andrew's ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein, which led to him losing his royal titles in 2019, has also been detailed in Lownie's work.
The book claims the Duke's links to the disgraced financier started earlier and were more frequent than previously reported, painting a picture of a man whose personal life has long been entangled with scandal and controversy.
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