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Sky News AU
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- Sky News AU
‘Trying to intimidate me': Prince Harry threatening legal action over Prince Andrew allegation in Lownie book
Royal author Andrew Lownie is facing the full wrath of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's legal team after revealing details of an alleged physical altercation between Harry and Prince Andrew in his new book. Mr Lownie is the author of Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, a bombshell book about Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson that hit bookshelves last week. While the book primarily focusses on the many scandals of the Duke and Duchess of York, Mr Lownie included a small passage about the Duke of York's relationship with Harry. The short passage recounts an alleged physical incident between the pair in 2013 and also alleges that Andrew referred to Markle disparagingly, branding Meghan an 'opportunist'. The Sussex camp took the extraordinary step of publicly issuing a statement claiming neither incidents were true. "I can confirm Prince Harry and Prince Andrew have never had a physical fight, nor did Prince Andrew ever make the comments he is alleged to have made about the Duchess of Sussex to Prince Harry," the statement said. Mr Lownie also received legal threats through his publisher Harper Collins, but has remained steadfast about the story and did not remove the details from the final book. The royal author, who has also written books about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and the Mountbattens, was surprised that the Harry anecdote sparked such a fierce response. 'The biggest story is the paragraph about Andrew and Harry getting into a fight which surprised me given there are more important elements including the extent of financial corruption at the heart of the Royal Family,' he told 'Inevitably there has been push back and attempts to discredit my revelations but I stand by them and, indeed, have more to reveal. 'Harry is trying to intimidate me, to put me on the defensive and shape the narrative but it will not work.' Ironically, Mr Lownie confirmed to Newsweek that the lines about Harry were a last-minute addition to the book at the suggestion of his publisher. 'Harry wasn't in my book at all,' he said. 'And I think when the book came in, the publisher said, 'maybe just out of interest, what was the relationship between Andrew and Harry?' "So I went to my source and they gave me that little paragraph talking about the two altercations in 2013 and then over Megan in 2017. 'And I put it in and I didn't think any of us thought that it was anything but a sort of passing moment.' It is understood Mr Lownie has included a line reflecting Harry's denial in the book, but the details remain both in text and in the audiobook version of Entitled.
Perth Now
5 days ago
- Perth Now
Peter Andre blasts Katie Price in scathing statement
Peter Andre has blasted Katie Price and claimed their children lived with him for "their safety". The Mysterious Girl hitmaker has hit out at his ex-wife following her recent complaints that she was allegedly told she couldn't appear on 18-year-old daughter Princess Andre's new reality show, The Princess Diaries, and was "very upset" the teenager and her 20-year-old brother Junior had signed up with Peter's management team. And now, the 52-year-old singer - who has Amelia, 11, Theo, nine, and 16-month-old Arabella with second wife Emily - has admitted staying silent on their personal situation has been "frustrating" over the years but he wanted to "set the record straight". He said in a statement shared to Instagram: "For sixteen years, I have stayed silent in the face of repeated lies from my ex-wife and her family, out of respect for my children and loved ones, but staying silent has been incredibly frustrating. That ends today. "The latest comments about my children's welfare and living arrangements compel me to set the record straight. For well-documented reasons, and for their safety, Junior and Princess came into my care in 2018 and remained with me until they reached adulthood. In 2019, the family courts issued a legally binding order to enforce this arrangement. I have never made this public before, out of respect for my children. "In 2011 and 2015, publicly documented court cases, found my ex-wife had made false claims. She was ordered to pay substantial damages and legal costs, and to apologise, to me and my management. The same falsehoods are being repeated today." And Peter, who split from Katie in 2009, suggested this isn't his last word on the situation. He concluded: "Unfortunately, there are many more lies and baseless accusations I have yet to address. Those will now be dealt with in the coming months." A spokesperson for Katie - who has three other children from previous relationships - insisted the former glamour model is "at peace with the situation". They told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Kate is in a much better and clear headspace and is at peace with the situation, this was in the past and she doesn't feel the need to bring up tit for tat comments, but more importantly she's dealing with this the right way and it's now in her lawyers hands. Kate will no longer be gaslight and bullied as she once was.."
Sky News AU
10-08-2025
- Sky News AU
King Charles pens ‘personal' address for VJ Day commemorations
The Daily Mirror Royal Editor Russell Myers discusses King Charles being set to lead tributes commemorating VJ Day marking the end of World War Two. 'Big, big anniversary … I revealed this week the King will be leading tributes,' Mr Myers told Sky News host Caroline Di Russo. 'He has penned a personal address that will be going out on the morning of Friday August 15, and of course it signals the end of the Second World War.'
