Prince Andrew's seedy date with playboy model as he fed her chocolate strawberries
Over the course of his life, Prince Andrew has slept with over 1000 women, an explosive new book has claimed.
Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, by Andrew Lownie takes a deep dive into Prince Andrew's life - and that of his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson - making it the first joint biography of the former couple, who are still close friends, and live together at Royal Lodge.
From his luxurious lifestyle, mysterious financial arrangements, all the way to his connection with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein - the book takes a no holds barred look at the alleged private life of the disgraced Duke of York.
The book is also filled to the brim with salacious claims about both Fergie and Andrew's romantic lives - and one Playboy model girlfriend of Andrew is even quoted describing the early days of their relationship.
Denise Martell, a former Playboy model and actress, crossed paths with Andrew at a swanky LA dinner thrown for the Duke back in 2000, she claimed.
She shared with Andrew that she has something of a "sweet tooth" and so he promptly ordered that the dessert cart be brought to them and "fed her a chocolate-covered strawberry."
"I took the entire strawberry in my mouth in one gulp," the book quotes her as saying, "It was very suggestive. He loved it. By this time he was holding hands with me under the table."
Denise then went back to Andrew's hotel, where "they chatted in the bar until 2.15 a.m, before he walked her to her car and they kissed. He gave her his number on a piece of paper emblazoned with the motto 'His Gloriousness' and they agreed to meet the next night at his £580-a-night suite at the Bel-Air Hotel," the book claims.
"I absolutely wanted to make love to him,' she remembered. 'We stayed on the couch heavy petting. I was lying back in his arms."
The pair spent a third night together during that LA trip, after Andrew had given Steven Spielberg an award at a BAFTA event. She arrived with melon-scented candles in tow, she claims, having found the lighting a bit glaring on the previous occasions, and again Andrew fell asleep, leaving the model to let herself out.
The pair are alleged to be close to this day, the book claims, "She went on to have a five-year relationship with the prince until 2005, and made him godfather of her son born in 2008. Martell claimed she didn't mind about Andrew's other women. She and the duke remain in touch to this day."
Martell was not the only former Playboy model that Andrew was ever linked to, the book claims, with the Duke also dating another high-profile actress and nude model who had been on his "wish list" to meet.
From Page Three girls to BBC researchers, the list of girlfriends allegedly uncovered in the book is extensive.
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