14-07-2025
Report reveals Prince Andrew still ‘toxic' despite attempts at comeback
Prince Andrew has been left red faced after several charities he once supported as patron saw a rise in profits after he stepped down from royal duties.
The Duke of York was patron to dozens of charities and non-profits prior to being stripped of his duties and stepping back from public life over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
According to a damning new report, many charities previously associated with the disgraced royal have seen their profits rise after ditching the Duke of York.
Prince Andrew's Charity Patronages: Analysis of the Effects on the Charities, by Caroline Fiennes, founder of Giving Evidence, and Dr Clemens Jarnach, a data scientist and political sociologist, examined the change in revenue of the accounts of the duke's charities before and after he stood down.
The data revealed that half the charities, including Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Fly Navy Heritage Trust, saw a rise in profits following his departure in January 2022.
Overall, charities supported by Andrew saw no 'discernible' drop in revenue after he stepped back from public life.
'We find no evidence that Prince Andrew's patronage of charities helped the charities in terms of revenue: there was no discernible decline in their revenue when his patronage ended,' the report concluded.
The embarrassing new report marks another set back in Andrew's rumoured attempts to launch a public comeback after the death of his accuser, Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre.
Until the Epstein allegations surfaced, Andrew was generally seen as a hard working member of the royal family who was often praised for bailing out his cash-strapped ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
Ferguson's reputation arguably hit an all-time low in 2010 after she was caught out trying to sell access to her ex-husband for a suitcase full of cash.
As a result, Fergie was left off the guest list for her nephew Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton the following year.
In a massive reversal of fortunes, Andrew's ex-wife Fergie has now been largely welcomed back into the inner circle and was recently given a plum seating assignment in the royal box for Wimbledon.
While Ferguson was kept outside the inner circle for decades and was seen as a liability to the Duke of York, she has now been praised for her quiet support of her ex-husband.
Royal author Andrew Lownie believes that the Duke of York is eager to return to his money-making schemes now that the threat of legal action in the United States has largely disappeared.
'Andrew wants money,' Mr Lownie told the Daily Beast last week.
'He wants to enjoy a certain lifestyle, and he can do that with the contacts he has made over the years.'
According to Mr Lownie, who is writing a book on the Yorks' unconventional marriage, the Duke of York's biggest scandals are likely financial rather than sexual.
'Epstein has always been a side show; the real story is financial corruption by a senior member of the royal family,' he said.
'I think there are grounds for Andrew to be investigated by the (U.K.) National Crime Agency.'
According to Mr Lownie, the Duke of York allegedly profited off his royal titles for years by brokering business deals using royal connections then taking a cut of the profits.
'The way it works is that he lends his name, opens his contact book, brings people together, and takes a percentage,' Mr Lownie said.
According to insiders close to the Duke of York, Andrew has installed a device in his house which projected a global flight tracking app on one of the walls to pass the time amid his public exile.
Meanwhile, a second source inside Royal Lodge claimed that Andrew's inner circle is largely sympathetic to the disgraced Prince and believe in his innocence.
'The British upper classes are inherently sympathetic to the royal family, and Andrew has always maintained he was the victim of a stitch up and that he was railroaded into making the deal with Giuffre,' the source told the same outlet.
'He insists he has no recollection of ever meeting her let alone having sex with her.
'Many of the royal family's friends believe him, and many who don't believe he was entirely blameless do however believe that you are innocent until proven guilty.'
The insight comes months after aristocrat and Andrew's former girlfriend Lady Victoria Hervey told that she has always believed Andrew was wrongfully accused by Ms Giuffre.
