Prince Harry has criticised his uncle Prince Andrew over the 'shameful' Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
In his memoir Spare, which is due to be officially released tomorrow, Harry described the controversy surrounding the affair as "a shameful scandal".
These comments now see the Duke of Sussex become the first member of the Royal Family to publicly criticise Andrew.
Last year, Andrew settled a civil lawsuit against him by Virginia Giuffre - who alleged that she was trafficked by Epstein and that the Duke had sexually assaulted her twice.
While details of his settlement were not made public, Andrew has always denied the allegations.
In part of the 416 page book, Harry mentions Prince Andrew as he writes about his security arrangements with his wife, Meghan Markle and how they were no longer entitled to it after moving to Montecito, California.
Harry opens up about the discussions the royal pair had over security, with Meghan asking whether security could ever be removed and him believing it wouldn't 'not after what happened to Diana'.
The Telegraph reports he then writes: “Also, not in the wake of my Uncle Andrew. Despite being embroiled in a shameful scandal, accused of sexually assaulting a young girl, no one had even suggested removing his security.
“People have had plenty of reasons to complain about us, sex crimes weren't one of them.”
No other member of the Royal family has spoken publicly about Andrew.
Andrew is eighth in the line of succession to the British throne.
He can no longer use his HRH title and has lost his military titles, in a similar arrangement to Harry after he ceased to be a working royal.
