Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been warned there is “a lot more to come” by a royal commentator after the 65-year-old was stripped of his royal titles due to his links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Buckingham Palace released a bombshell statement on Thursday revealing that the former duke would be stripped of his titles and have to leave Royal Lodge, but Andrew Lownie has claimed this will certainly not be the end of this saga for the 65-year-old.
Mr Lownie believes Andrew is not “out of the woods” yet.
He told the Mirror: “We’ve got the Epstein files, even redacted and destroyed, there will be stuff there, we’ve got court cases coming up, we’ve got the likelihood of more victims coming forward, emboldened by what’s happened.
Andrew Lownie has warned Sarah Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten Windsor that the worst may be yet to come for the pair
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REUTERS“So I don’t think Andrew and Sarah [Ferguson] are out of the woods at all.”
He also believes that the King’s disgraced brother should have “pressure put on him to help the authorities in the States, particularly the victims’ lawyer, because he is a material witness to what went on.
“I think that he should make himself available to the law enforcement agencies here and in the States, for the same reason, and I think there is a little way to go.
“He needs to explain, as does Sarah Ferguson, because she’s kind of been forgotten about, but she also was heavily involved in Epstein, and I think we do need a statement from her [about] exactly what her connections were with him.”
Mr Lownie also believes Ms Ferguson should “offer to help the authorities and the victims’ lawyers”.
The author has also claimed that there is a “strong likelihood” of prosecution.
“There is a strong likelihood, if the authorities investigate properly, they fudged it in the past, but there are good grounds for an investigation and possibly for charges to be brought.”
Andrew’s biographer also believes the decision to remove Andrew’s titles is “long overdue.”
King Charles to unprecedented steps to remove the titles from his brother Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
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REUTERS“It’s a situation they should have dealt with years ago, but it’s welcomed that it’s at least happening now. I think they are distancing themselves from Andrew quite rightly. They don’t want further reputational damage to the monarchy from being linked to him.
“I don’t think it’s quite the end of the story, but I think it’s what needed to be done. Particularly, the comments about the victims, I welcome it.
“I think it shows the King has acted ruthlessly – there was a lot of criticism for appearing to be weak.
“I think it’s a very neat solution going to Sandringham, I understand that actually Andrew will have to be paid quite a lot of money to basically get out of the lease, this now raises all sorts of questions about what happens to Royal Lodge in the future, but I think in terms of addressing two of the concerns, about Andrew, the titles and the property, it’s done that.”
Prince William has wanted to deal with Andrew for a while, according to widespread reports, and Mr Lownie believes the Prince of Wales played a major part in how King Charles dealt with Andrew.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been urged to help lawyers in America
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Mr Lownie concluded: “I think probably from what I know of him and I know of his father, he would have played quite an active role in basically stiffening Charles’s sort of resolve.
“But I think Charles has come to the conclusion that, particularly after he was heckled and just the continuing press coverage, which was a distraction from all the other things he wanted to do, like pray at the Vatican. I think he’s realised just how serious this is.”