By Our Reporter
Disgraced Prince Andrew allegedly arranged for 40 prostitutes during a taxpayer-funded trip to Thailand, according to royal biographer Andrew Lownie.
Lownie made the claim during the Daily Mail’s podcast Deep Dive: The Fall of the House of York, stating that the Duke of York engaged with the women over four days while staying in a five-star hotel during an official visit for the Thai king’s birthday celebration.
“Andrew was representing his country but insisted on staying in a luxury hotel rather than the embassy,” Lownie said. “He had 40 prostitutes brought in the space of four days, all enabled by diplomats and others.”
The historian said multiple sources, including a member of the Thai royal family, corroborated the allegation.
According to Lownie, the Thailand visit was one of several taxpayer-funded trips the prince exploited while serving as the UK’s Trade Envoy between 2001 and 2011. “He used the excuse of his role as Trade Envoy, paid for by the taxpayer, to go on these trips. He always added two weeks of private time, so taxpayers effectively paid for his holidays,” he added.
Lownie also accused the British government of maintaining a “conspiracy of silence” by keeping files from Andrew’s time as Trade Envoy sealed. “All the files from 2001 to 2011 remain closed. They should be in the National Archive,” he said.
His comments came shortly before Buckingham Palace officially stripped Andrew of his royal titles and evicted him from his longtime residence amid renewed backlash over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The controversy deepened after Epstein’s accuser, Virginia Roberts Giuffre—who claimed she was forced to have sex with Andrew as a teenager—reiterated her allegations in her posthumous memoir. Andrew has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
* With Agency Reports