New book reveals shocking age Prince Andrew lost his virginity

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Prince Andrew lost his virginity aged 11, according to a startling claim made in a new biography.
The Duke of York, now 65, is the subject of a bombshell book Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, which has aired a litany of damning allegations about the ousted royal in the wake of controversy over his relationship with dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The book, which was written by renowned royal biographer Andrew Lownie, attempts to uncover when Andrew became 'obsessed with women', pinpointing it back to his premature sexual experiences.
According to a chapter titled 'Randy Andy', the prince had his first sexual experience aged just 8 before losing his virginity at 11.
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A source said, 'He admitted that his second sexual experience came before he turned 12 and when he was 13 he had already slept with more than half-a-dozen girls.'
Another unnamed source who knows the prince added to The Telegraph they were, indeed, aware of Andrew's 'sexual experiences at what most of us would consider as too young an age.'
'The Duke's personal story is far more complex than people realise or have ever been prepared to properly consider,' the source went on.
Lownie wrote of his decision to include the unsavoury claim in his book, arguing, 'It seemed to me it was part of building a picture of behaviour, and how it shaped his life.
'It does perhaps explain some of the behaviour later on.
'I think he [Andrew], in some ways, has been a victim. It does make him much more sympathetic, in a way.'
The Duke of York is the subject of a bombshell new book, which explains how he became 'obsessed with women'. Picture: Michael Stephens – PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images
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Lownie is said to have interviewed more than 100 people to build the explosive book, which took him four years to write.
It comes after another damning excerpt was leaked this week pertaining to Andrew's links to Epstein, who died aged 66 in a Brooklyn jail in 2019.
It included allegations Andrew met Epstein years earlier than he claimed, that they had 'shared women', and that Epstein once said the duke was 'perverted animal in the bedroom' and 'the only person I have met who is more obsessed with p***y than me.'
In 2019, Andrew told the BBC during his infamous Newsnight interview he first met Epstein in 1999, but Lownie alleges that Andrew's former private secretary Alastair Watson confirmed the duo were introduced in 'the early 1990s'.
According to Lownie, Epstein once described the duke as a 'serial sex addict.'
Andrew is yet to respond to claims made in the book. Picture: Samir Hussein/WireImage
A 2000 photo of Melania Trump, Prince Andrew, Gwendolyn Beck and Jeffrey Epstein at a party at the Mar-a-Lago. Picture:'From the reports I've got back from the women we've shared, he's 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,' Epstein reportedly said.
Ivan Novikov, Epstein's personal driver in New York, also told Lownie, 'Whenever Andrew was in town I'd be picking up young girls who were essentially prostitutes.
'One time I drove him and two young girls aged around age 18 to a hotel. Both girls were doing lines of cocaine. Prince Andrew was making out with one of them.'
Prince Andrew is yet to respond to claims made in the book, which also delves into his unusual relationship with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York hits stands August 14.
Originally published as New book reveals shocking age Prince Andrew lost his virginity