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

0:03 Calorogus Shark Media. Hello, Welcome to a special bonus episode of Pallas Intrigue. I am your host, Mark Francis. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are taking legal action against The Daily Mail following explosive claims made in Andrew Lowney's new biography entitled The Rise and Fall of the House of York. The book, which paints Prince Andrew in a deeply unflattering light, includes allocations of a twenty thirteen fistfight between Harry and Andrew and claims that Andrew made disparaging remarks about Meghan. Although the book's subject is Andrew, it's Harry and Meghan who have mobilized their legal team. A spokesperson for The Sussex's confirmed to Newsweek that a legal letter has been sent to The Daily Mail, which Sirial excerpts from the book over the weekend. Such are the gross inaccuracies, damaging and defamatory remarks made in The Daily Mail's story. I can confirm a legal letter from Prince Harry's council has been sent to The Mail, they stated. The strongly worded rebuttal continues, I can confirm Prince Harry and Prince Andrew have never had a physical fight, nor did Prince Andrew ever make the comments he is alleged to have made about the Duchess of Sussex to Prince Harry. Lowney's book alleges that during a twenty thirteen family gathering, Harry confronted Andrew over

1:33 remarks made behind his back, leading to a scuffle in which Harry supposedly bloodied his uncle's nose. The book also claims Andrew later said Megan was too old, an opportunist, and that the marriage would not last more than a month. In a tweet, Andrew Lowney wrote, I look forward to doing battle and the disclosures which will emerge. Lowney's book, compiled over four years of research in hundreds of interviews, details how Andrew cultivated powerful connections across the Middle East, Central Asia and beyond, often under the guise of official royal or trade duties, yet reportedly using these roles to further his own financial interests. Among the book's most jarring revelations, despite no major career beyond the Royal Navy, a no commercial business empire, Andrew enjoys multi million pound refurbishments at Royal Lodge, drives at Bentley and Range Rover and travels by a private jet. Is spending has long outpaced any known sources of income, deals behind diplomatic curtains. In his role as the UK's Trade envoy, Andrew allegedly mingled with oligarchs, dictators, arms dealers and convicted criminals, acting as a fixer to open doors for shady deals. One diplomat dubbed him his buffoon Highness for repeatedly ignoring briefs and embarrassing British officials abroad.

2:57 The Kazakh connection. Andrew's sale of Sunning Hill Park to the son in law of Kazakhstan's president raised eyebrows after the property sold for three million pounds above asking price despite no competing offers. The same Kazakh elite reportedly paid Andrew millions and commissions for facilitating infrastructure deals, Libyan links and diamond gifts. The prince also vacationed with convicted gun smuggler Terrek Kaituni, who later attended Princess Beatrice's twenty first birthday and gifted her a diamond necklace. Kaituni was said to boast of influencing Andrew to back certain projects pitch at Pallace profit or platform. What began as a royal backed entrepreneurial forum morphed into an alleged money spinner, with questionable figures like banker Solomon Turk funneling seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds into Andrew's personal account purportedly a wedding gift for Beatrice. Court paid was also show payments to Sarah Ferguson and Princess Eugenie linked to the same network, spy's seductions and the Eurasia Fund, a Chinese national close to Andrew, since revealed as a Communist party operative, used the Prince's trust to build an investment vehicle targeting cutting edge UK startups. Intelligence officials worry Andrew, described in court documents as desperate and vulnerable to influence, may have unknowingly passed sensitive information to foreign powers. One alleged Russian agent

4:31 reportedly seduced him, gave him a bugged laptop, and paid for a family holiday warnings from within at multiple points, Prince Charles is said to have tried to block Andrew from holding official roles, viewing his judgment as flawed and his appetite for mixing business with royalty as dangerous, yet Fuman government challenged him for fear of the optics. A former ambassador even wrote privately to the Foreign Secretary urging Andrew to be removed for Syria damage to British interests. Perhaps most alarming are the implications of what Epstein may have collected. Lowney quotes insiders who believe the disgraced financier may have traded compromising material about Andrew, including potential video evidence, with foreign governments like Russia. One source bluntly warned the truth about Andrew would bury the royal family for good.

5:23 Whether that apocalyptic prediction ever comes to pass remains to be seen, but what's already laid bare is enough to shake confidence in Andrew's judgment, legacy, and if Lowley's account is to be believed, the entire apparatus that allowed him to operate unchecked for decades more palace. In just a moment, Prince Andrew was seen in public for the first time since the release of entitled The Rise and Fall of the House of York, and according to body language expert Judy James, he did not look like a man at ease. The Duke of York was photographed driving a black Land room of a Defender with his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, and the passenger seat is the pair headed to Windsor Castle.

6:06 James told The Daily Mail his eyes have a weary looking expression and his mouth has closed with her lips pulled down at the corners. This doesn't look like someone lost in thought. He's with his ex wife and driving a situation where you'd expect more ease, not tension. As for Sarah, James observed her brows are furrowed in a deep frown and her eyes suggest sadness or pain. Her chin is raised, perhaps showing resilience, but her lips are pressed tightly together, as though she's suppressing emotion or attempting to self protect. And there you have it. Try to email us or addresses the Palace intric at gmail dog com. Please follow us at Spotify, Apple or the app of your choice, and leave us a nice review of him enjoying the show. We'll have more on these breaking stories as they happen. Meanwhile, check out tomorrow's episode of Palace Intrigue, available wherever you get your podcasts. I make Franstance my thanks to John McDermott's Palace Intrigue and conturn