The biography additionally particulars extra troubling allegations about Andrew’s conduct inside the royal family.
Hardman writes an altercation with Vice-Admiral Sir Tony Johnstone-Burt, certainly one of Elizabeth’s closest aides, escalated past verbal confrontation.
He writes it was “not simply an outburst of expletives and a jab of a finger” between him and Andrew, however reasonably a “kinetic” blow landed on him by the royal in an incident mentioned to have shocked these current.
The episode reportedly prompted Andrew’s father, Prince Philip, who died in 2021 aged 99, to write down a letter of apology.
Andrew’s present circumstances have solely intensified consideration on his previous.
Following his arrest on February 19, 2026, he has been residing at Wooden Farm on the Sandringham Property after being evicted from Royal Lodge.
His absence from the royal household’s Easter Sunday service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor on 5 April was obvious.
King Charles is known to have distanced himself from his brother, having stripped him of his titles in November 2025 following renewed scrutiny over his hyperlinks to Epstein.
In the meantime, Andrew’s youthful brother, Prince Edward, is reported to have visited him at Sandringham over Easter in what sources described as a non-public intervention relating to his future residing preparations.