Drugs to enhance sexual experiences were found at Sandringham after Andrew hosted a party for paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, according to a new book.
Bathrooms at the Royal property were littered with condoms, lubricants and drugs called poppers after the event which Andrew later dismissed as ‘a straightforward shooting weekend’.
The party, thrown to mark Ghislaine Maxwell’s 39th birthday in 2000, featured in disgraced Andrew’s 2019 Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis.
Andrew has been tipped to move to Sandringham when he is turfed out of luxurious Royal Lodge in Windsor.
Falklands veteran Andrew partied with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Sandringham estate in Norfolk
Cleaners at the Royal estate found condoms, lubricants and poppers after the visit, a new book has claimed.
The party, dismissed as a ‘straightforward shooting weekend’ by Andrew, was thrown to mark Ghislaine Maxwell’s 39th birthday in 2000
The discovery of sex drugs there is included in a new book by author Robert Jobson.
Serialised by the Mail, the Windsor Legacy claims these substances were found by Royal staff who were accustomed to cleaning up after Andrew.
Ghislaine Maxwell, 63, the daughter of the late newspaper proprietor Robert Maxwell, is serving a 20-year prison sentence in the United States for sex trafficking.
Ghislaine and Epstein, who died aged 66, were regular guests at royal residences in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Pictures have emerged of the pair relaxing at Balmoral, the Royal Family’s private Highland estate, thought to have been taken in 1999.
Andrew thought nothing of inviting the pair to private Royal residences. In the car-crash BBC interview the former prince scoffed at any suggestion this was significant.
He arrogantly corrected Maitlis when she asked whether he had invited Epstein and Maxwell to a party at Sandringham, saying: ‘It was a shooting weekend… a straightforward shooting weekend’.
Apparently a shooting weekend was not the same as a party, though the distinction was lost on the interviewer and the audience.
As Jobson writes, Andrew’s socialising with Epstein and Maxwell did nothing to dim Her Majesty the Queen’s view of her second son.
She remained fiercely loyal to Andrew as the Epstein saga unfolded and shielded him as palace insiders continued to push for his total exile.
The book reveals she confided her support to a trusted confidant saying: ‘You have to remember, he is my son.’
Several elegant nineteenth century properties on Sandringham estate are being considered for Andrew. These include a former hunting lodge and the home of the estate’s gardener.
Though attractive and possessing original Edwardian features, these houses represent a comedown after the spacious luxury of 33-bedroom Royal Lodge in Windsor.
With the Queen’s death, Andrew lost his strongest ally. When news broke of Virginia Guiffre’s lawsuit against Andrew in 2021, she wanted to meet him face to face, to soften the blow.
Her Majesty’s wish was granted but a pair of senior courtiers, Sir Edward Young, her private secretary and Sir Michael Stevens, Keeper of the Privy Purse, also attended.
At the meeting Andrew learned his patronages and his military titles – not including being a Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy – were being withdrawn.
The Windsor Legacy also repeats the claim King Charles clamped down on his brother’s extravagant expenditures, including tens of thousands of pounds on Indian health gurus.
Her Majesty waved through huge bills for spiritual advisors who encouraged Andrew to chant Indian mantras.
Within weeks of ascending to the throne King Charles was shocked to receive a £32,000 bill for Andrew’s live-in yoga instructor.
His younger brother expected the Privy Purse to pick up the tab but King Charles intervened. The new monarch wanted to rein in Royal expenditure.
