Sexual performance enhancing drugs were found at Sandringham following a party Andrew threw for disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, a new book claims.
Condoms, lubricant and drugs called poppers were among the detritus said to have been found at the royal property, after an event which Andrew claimed was a “straightforward shooting weekend.”
The party, which was mentioned in Andrew’s now infamous 2019 Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis, was thrown in celebration of Ghislaine’s 39th birthday in 2000. Since being thrown out of Royal Lodge in Windsor, Andrew is reportedly moving to Sandringham.
According to Robert Jobson in his new book, the Windsor Legacy, the sex drugs at the property were found by royal staff who routinely cleaned up at Sandringham.
The now 63-year-old Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of newspaper mogul Robert Maxwell, is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence in the United States for sex trafficking.
Epstein, who died in prison aged 66, and Maxwell regularly attended royal properties in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The pair can be spotted in photographs taken at the Royal Family’s private residence in Balmoral, Scotland, around 1999.
In the notorious Newsnight interview, Andrew indicated that inviting the pair to royal properties was a regular affair, scoffing at the idea that this was significant.
When journalist Emily Maitlis probed him on the matter, Andrew responded: “It was a shooting weekend… a straightforward shooting weekend.”
Andrew did not clarify whether this was the same as a party, seemingly unaware that the average audience member would not have a frame of reference for such an event.
According to Jobson, Andrew fraternising with Epstein and Maxwell had no impact on the late Queen Elizabeth’s soft spot for her favourite son.
He alleges that the former head of state routinely shielded her son from controversy as the Epstein saga unraveled.
According to the new book, she confided in a trusted ally, saying: “You have to remember, he is my son.”
Since news broke of Andrew’s exile from Royal Lodge, it has been reported that several luxurious nineteeth-century properties on Sandringham estate are being decided between for Andrew. Among the options are a former hunting lodge and the home of the property’s gardener.
Despite the obvious glitz and glamour of these residences for the average Brit, these properties represent a signficant downgrade for Andrew’s lifestyle - having become accustomed to his 33-room Royal Lodge in Windsor.
Upon the Queen’s death, Andrew was left without his closest protector and had to face the music alone.
When it emerged that Virginia Giuffre had lodged a lawsuit against Andrew in 2021, the late Queen met with her son face to face to prepare him. Accompanied by a pair of senior courtiers: Sir Edward Young, her private secretary, and Sir Michael Stevens, Keeper of the Privy Purse.
At the meeting, Andrew was informed that he would be stripped of his patronages and military titles, including being a Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy.
In the Windsor Legacy, Jobson claims that King Charles reduced his brother’s luxurious lifestyle, including spending tens of thousands of pounds on Indian health experts. The former Queen had allowed huge sums to be spent on spiritual advisors for her son, who encouraged him to chant Indian mantras.
Weeks after the King’s ascent to the throne, he was horrified to receive a £32,000 receipt for the former prince’s live-in yoga teacher. Andrew expected his brother the cost to be absorbed by the Privy Purse, but King Charles laid down new ground rules.
