‘He is a bit of a let-down': Prince Andrew breaks cover after fresh allegations aired in embarrassing new book
The warts-and-all book about the Duke and Duchess of York is called Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York and is penned by veteran royal author Andrew Lownie.
The ex-working royal is currently bracing for more public embarrassment after the first excerpts from the bombshell book surfaced over the weekend.
Grainy photos of a stony-faced Duke of York behind the wheel a black Land Rover Defender alongside his ex-wife of 10 years, Fergie hit the British tabloids on Sunday.
The Yorks married in 1986 and quickly welcomed daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, before separating in 1992 and divorcing in 1996.
In the damning new Lownie tome, Andrew's sexual exploits are front and centre, with embarrassing allegations about the Duke of York's bedroom prowess, or lack thereof.
'He's about as subtle as a hand grenade,' one former date told Lownie.
'His favourite trick is to rub your knee under the table. It's pathetic.'
Another of his lovers called the 65-year-old a 'let down' in the bedroom.
'He is not a Casanova,' the former partner said.
'In the bedroom department, he is a bit of a let-down.
'He has been dumped by most of the girls linked to him because he is a bore.'
At a wedding, the Duke of York was said to have asked a woman he'd not met before for a dance.
When she declined, he responded without missing a beat, 'I suppose a b*** j** is out of the question, then?'
Andrew is also said to have certain juvenile characteristics, like using his royal privileges to humiliate others who have no power to hit back.
At a dinner party with a date, he allegedly sniffed the pâté served as a first course and turned to his right, saying, 'This pâté smells. What do you think?'
His unsuspecting date allegedly leaned forward to smell it and he promptly pushed her face into the dish.
Despite divorcing almost three decades ago, the Yorks continue to live together at Andrew's palatial home Royal Lodge and appear as a family at royal events.
'There's a lot that's going to shock people, I've spoken to about 100 people who have never spoken before,' Mr Lownie told SkyNews.com.au earlier this year.
The respected royal author characterised the Yorks as 'role-less' and preoccupied with maintaining the 'high life' through wealthy friends and shadowy acquaintances, mostly from the Middle East and Central Asia.
'They're both role-less, except in terms of they like making money and living the high life, I suppose that gives them a purpose,' he said.
Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York will be published by HarperCollins on 14 August 2025.
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