Royal biographer’s bombshell claim about what ‘Andrew could spill’

Royal biographer Andrew Lownie has claimed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is in danger because “he knows a lot of secrets that a lot of people would prefer him not to spill”.

The author of ‘Entitled’, which chronicled the life of the former Duke of York and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, added that the “risks” to King Charles’ brother went beyond alleged stalkers.

“I think he’s probably in fear of his life because he knows a lot of secrets that I think a lot of people would prefer him not to spill,” Lownie said.

Lownie made the comments in reaction to footage of the Express being stopped by a pair of private security guards in a blacked-out 4X4 as we attempted to deliver a right of reply to Andrew at his Norfolk home. The officers told our team not to film and took a photograph of our reporter’s press card. When asked to identify themselves, they told us they were “not the police anymore”.

“People have kind of forgotten about him and I think that’s why he’s able to move about pretty freely,” he told the Express.

“He can just be stuck in the bottom of a car and driven out. I mean, there are plenty of stories of him being smuggled out of places in the bottom of cars.

“[But] if he does take a midnight flight to Dubai, I don’t think they can claim that he nipped out the back gate and no one noticed because he has a lot of security around him.”

“I had researchers in Kazakhstan [and] they basically gave up because they were warned off and I was told to be very careful,” he added.

“I’ve been told, for example, not to travel to the Middle East because I would be in big trouble.”

Lownie said the lack of response to the Express’s questions and visit to Norfolk was not surprising as he expects the silence Andrew has kept since his infamous interview with Newsnight six years ago will continue.

“Andrew, never responds,” he added. “I think it’s back to the old Royal view, never explain, never complain, hope the problem goes away, and don’t give it any oxygen. It’s a standard playbook.

“They think the news agenda will move on, and people’s patience will run out.

“There’s really quite a lot of complacency about all this. [But] there’s a sense of fatigue [for the British public]. People just get fed up [and] they kind of accept it.”