Aug. 4, 2025

BONUS: Harry and Meghan Threaten Legal Action Over Prince Andrew Claims in Explosive New Book

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle fire back at claims in Entitled, the controversial new biography of Prince Andrew. Allegations of a fistfight, harsh words about Meghan, and Harry’s legal team now targeting the Daily Mail. Plus: Did Andrew really act as a fixer for shady deals, accept diamond gifts from gun smugglers, and risk UK security through foreign ties? We unpack the book that Buckingham Palace wishes would go away.

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Calorogus Shark Media.

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Hello, Welcome to a special bonus episode of Pallas Intrigue.

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I am your host, Mark Francis. Prince Harry and Meghan

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Markle are taking legal action against The Daily Mail following

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explosive claims made in Andrew Lowney's new biography entitled The

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Rise and Fall of the House of York. The book,

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which paints Prince Andrew in a deeply unflattering light, includes

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allocations of a twenty thirteen fistfight between Harry and Andrew

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and claims that Andrew made disparaging remarks about Meghan. Although

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the book's subject is Andrew, it's Harry and Meghan who

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have mobilized their legal team. A spokesperson for The Sussex's

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confirmed to Newsweek that a legal letter has been sent

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to The Daily Mail, which Sirial excerpts from the book

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over the weekend. Such are the gross inaccuracies, damaging and

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defamatory remarks made in The Daily Mail's story. I can

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confirm a legal letter from Prince Harry's council has been

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sent to The Mail, they stated. The strongly worded rebuttal continues,

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I can confirm Prince Harry and Prince Andrew have never

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had a physical fight, nor did Prince Andrew ever make

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the comments he is alleged to have made about the

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Duchess of Sussex to Prince Harry. Lowney's book alleges that

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during a twenty thirteen family gathering, Harry confronted Andrew over

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remarks made behind his back, leading to a scuffle in

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which Harry supposedly bloodied his uncle's nose. The book also

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claims Andrew later said Megan was too old, an opportunist,

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and that the marriage would not last more than a month.

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In a tweet, Andrew Lowney wrote, I look forward to

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doing battle and the disclosures which will emerge. Lowney's book,

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compiled over four years of research in hundreds of interviews,

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details how Andrew cultivated powerful connections across the Middle East,

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Central Asia and beyond, often under the guise of official

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royal or trade duties, yet reportedly using these roles to

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further his own financial interests. Among the book's most jarring revelations,

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despite no major career beyond the Royal Navy, a no

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commercial business empire, Andrew enjoys multi million pound refurbishments at

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Royal Lodge, drives at Bentley and Range Rover and travels

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by a private jet. Is spending has long outpaced any

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known sources of income, deals behind diplomatic curtains. In his

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role as the UK's Trade envoy, Andrew allegedly mingled with oligarchs, dictators,

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arms dealers and convicted criminals, acting as a fixer to

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open doors for shady deals. One diplomat dubbed him his

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buffoon Highness for repeatedly ignoring briefs and embarrassing British officials abroad.

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The Kazakh connection. Andrew's sale of Sunning Hill Park to

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the son in law of Kazakhstan's president raised eyebrows after

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the property sold for three million pounds above asking price

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despite no competing offers. The same Kazakh elite reportedly paid

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Andrew millions and commissions for facilitating infrastructure deals, Libyan links

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and diamond gifts. The prince also vacationed with convicted gun

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smuggler Terrek Kaituni, who later attended Princess Beatrice's twenty first

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birthday and gifted her a diamond necklace. Kaituni was said

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to boast of influencing Andrew to back certain projects pitch

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at Pallace profit or platform. What began as a royal

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backed entrepreneurial forum morphed into an alleged money spinner, with

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questionable figures like banker Solomon Turk funneling seven hundred and

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fifty thousand pounds into Andrew's personal account purportedly a wedding

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gift for Beatrice. Court paid was also show payments to

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Sarah Ferguson and Princess Eugenie linked to the same network,

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spy's seductions and the Eurasia Fund, a Chinese national close

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to Andrew, since revealed as a Communist party operative, used

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the Prince's trust to build an investment vehicle targeting cutting

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edge UK startups. Intelligence officials worry Andrew, described in court

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documents as desperate and vulnerable to influence, may have unknowingly

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passed sensitive information to foreign powers. One alleged Russian agent

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reportedly seduced him, gave him a bugged laptop, and paid

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for a family holiday warnings from within at multiple points,

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Prince Charles is said to have tried to block Andrew

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from holding official roles, viewing his judgment as flawed and

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his appetite for mixing business with royalty as dangerous, yet

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Fuman government challenged him for fear of the optics. A

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former ambassador even wrote privately to the Foreign Secretary urging

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Andrew to be removed for Syria damage to British interests.

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Perhaps most alarming are the implications of what Epstein may

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have collected. Lowney quotes insiders who believe the disgraced financier

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may have traded compromising material about Andrew, including potential video evidence,

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with foreign governments like Russia. One source bluntly warned the

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truth about Andrew would bury the royal family for good.

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Whether that apocalyptic prediction ever comes to pass remains to

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be seen, but what's already laid bare is enough to

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shake confidence in Andrew's judgment, legacy, and if Lowley's account

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is to be believed, the entire apparatus that allowed him

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to operate unchecked for decades more palace. In just a moment,

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Prince Andrew was seen in public for the first time

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since the release of entitled The Rise and Fall of

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the House of York, and according to body language expert

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Judy James, he did not look like a man at ease.

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The Duke of York was photographed driving a black Land

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room of a Defender with his former wife, Sarah Ferguson,

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and the passenger seat is the pair headed to Windsor Castle.

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James told The Daily Mail his eyes have a weary

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looking expression and his mouth has closed with her lips

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pulled down at the corners. This doesn't look like someone

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lost in thought. He's with his ex wife and driving

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a situation where you'd expect more ease, not tension. As

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for Sarah, James observed her brows are furrowed in a

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deep frown and her eyes suggest sadness or pain. Her

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chin is raised, perhaps showing resilience, but her lips are

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pressed tightly together, as though she's suppressing emotion or attempting

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to self protect. And there you have it. Try to

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