Prince Andrew left with bloody nose by Prince Harry during row in which ‘punches were thrown', book claims
In extracts serialised in the Daily Mail, author Andrew Lownie claims the relationship between the Duke of York and his younger nephews, William and Harry, is 'problematic'.
The book claims that the alleged 2013 episode saw 'Harry get the better of Andrew by all accounts', leaving his uncle 'with a bloody nose' before their fight was broken up.
Andrew (pictured), who fell from grace after his disastrous 2019 Newsnight interview about his links to Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted paedophile, is also claimed to have told his nephew that his marriage to Meghan Markle would 'not last more than a month'.
He is alleged to have accused his nephew of going 'bonkers' and not doing 'any due diligence into her past' before the pair married in 2018.
The source quoted in Lownie's book claimed that the Duke of Sussex later told his brother, the Prince of Wales, that 'he hated Andrew'.
The book claims there 'have been tensions between the two men for years', including instances where the Duke of York is said to have been rude about the Princess of Wales.
Mr Lownie writes: 'William has long worked behind the scenes to evict his uncle from Royal Lodge, the home he occupies in Windsor Great Park.
He thinks Andrew is abusing the property and his privilege there.'
The Duke of York has been facing the threat of eviction from his 30-room property in Windsor Great Park after the king severed his allowance, estimated to be worth £1m (€1.15) annually, last year.
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