Andrew Lownie on Prince Andrew for Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York

THE _SUNDAY TIMES_ #1 BESTSELLERA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES'THIS ISN'T A BOOK; IT'S A CASE FOR REVOLUTION' CAMILLA LONG, SUNDAY TIMES'A DAMNING CANNONBALL OF TRUTH THROUGH THE YORK RAMPARTS' MAIL ON SUNDAY'SURELY HAS A CLAIM TO THE TITLE OF BOOK OF THE YEAR, FOR ITS SEISMIC IMPACT' JANINE GIBSON, FINANCIAL TIMES'THIS BOOK HAS CHANGED THE WAY ITS READERS THINK.

POSSIBLY THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK THAT TOUCHES ON THE BRITISH MONARCHY SINCE THE DAYS OF THOMAS PAYNE' WILL LLOYD'AS REPRESENTED IN THE BOOK'S PAGES, THE ROYAL FAMILY, WITH ITS APPENDAGES AND PENUMBRA, CAN BE SEEN AS AN IMPOSSIBLE ENTITY, TOXIC TO THOSE IN IT AND ATTACHED TO IT, AND SUBTLY CONTAMINATING THE REST OF US.' DAVID AARONOVICH_Drawing on four years of research, numerous FOI requests and interviews with over a hundred people who have never spoken out before, the book traces the lives of the late Queen's second son and his ex-wife through their childhoods, courtship, marriage, divorce, careers, and royal and charitable activities.__Having still lived together until their departure from Royal Lodge in 2025, they claimed to be "the happiest divorced couple in the world".

The book investigates the reality of their relationship and their love lives.

It charts Andrew's record in the Falklands, his business activities and reveals details of how the couple have been able financially to sustain their extravagant lifestyles.

It also recounts the full story of their links with Jeffrey Epstein.__Chronicling their lives in parallel, the picture that emerges is of a spoilt former prince unable to connect and a former duchess pushed by her insecurities into a desperate need to maintain the attention her 'royal' status brought.

Rigorously researched and packed full of revelations, this is eye-watering biography at its best._ANDREW LOWNIE was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Union, before taking his master's and doctorate at Edinburgh University.

A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he later returned to Cambridge as a visiting fellow at Churchill College.

He has been a bookseller, publisher, journalist writing for _The Times_, _Telegraph_, _Wall Street Journal_, _Spectator_, _Guardian_ and since 1988 has run his own literary agency.

He is President of the Biographers Club, sits on the board of Biographers International Organisation and is a Trustee of the Campaign for Freedom of Information.

His books include the prize-winning _Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess_ (2015) and the top ten _Sunday Times_ bestsellers _The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves_ (2019) and _Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor_ (2021).