Andrew Lownie – creator of The Controversial Lives of the Duke and Duchess of York – spent 4 years researching and writing the ebook, which we have now seen, on Andrew’s money sources, because the duke stays frozen out of the royal household over his hyperlinks to fallen financier Jeffrey Epstein – but continues to be in some way holed up in a 32-room lodge at Windsor Citadel in the UK.
Lownie stated: “Having spent the final 4 years researching a biography of the Duke of York, I’ve at all times maintained that the true concern surrounding him is monetary and never sexual. Intensive column inches have been dedicated to his affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein, however far much less consideration is paid to how the duke has been capable of finance his extravagant way of life.
“This has develop into an much more urgent query with the controversy on whether or not he can afford to remain in Royal Lodge and up to date revelations about his enterprise actions. But getting wherever near the underside of Prince Andrew’s funds, as I’ve been making an attempt to do for a while, is a fraught and fiendishly advanced enterprise.”
The author added his makes an attempt to uncover the reality about Andrew’s cash sources got here up in opposition to big stone-walling by officers on the coronary heart of the British institution.
Lownie added: “Andrew’s funds are a longstanding concern and there has usually been hypothesis about how he may afford to reside within the 32-room Royal Lodge, to purchase a Swiss chalet for $23million and to amass a group of luxurious watches, together with a number of Rolexes, items from Cartier, and a Patek Philippe watch price nearly $200,000. He’s additionally recognized to have a love for costly vehicles, together with a $300,000 Bentley and a succession of Vary Rovers.”