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Disgraced Prince Andrew allegedly once had 40 prostitutes brought to his five-star hotel during a taxpayer-funded trip to Thailand, his biographer has claimed.
Andrew, who was officially stripped of his titles on Thursday and evicted from his royal residence in a humiliating fall from grace, engaged with the women over a four-day stretch, royal historian and author Andrew Lownie alleged.
“There was a famous trip to Thailand — for the birthday celebrations of the King. Andrew is representing his country and insists on staying in a five-star hotel rather than the embassy, which he always did,” Lownie told the Daily Mail’s “Deep Dive: The Fall of the House of York” podcast.
“Andrew had 40 prostitutes brought in the space of four days. This was all enabled by diplomats and others.”
Lownie claimed multiple sources, including a member of the Thai royal family, had backed up the allegation.
The jaunt was allegedly one of many trips Andrew exploited on the taxpayer dime when he was serving as a Trade Envoy for the UK in the early 2000s.
“In 2001, Andrew is 41, he’s having his midlife crisis and he basically starts chasing lots and lots of women,” Lownie said.
“He uses the excuse of his role as Trade Envoy, paid for by the taxpayer, to go off on these trips,” he continued.
“He always puts in two weeks of ‘private time.’ So, we pay for his holiday and then he goes off and does things.”
