Sept. 26, 2025

Prince Andrew Book Alleges ‘Industrial Scale’ Orgies in Thailand

Prince Andrew Book Alleges ‘Industrial Scale’ Orgies in Thailand

From shocking new claims about Prince Andrew’s alleged “industrial scale” orgies to Meghan Markle’s silence after her close friend Whitney Wolfe Herd admitted using slurs, the royals can’t escape controversy. We also look at speculation that Jessica Mulroney could pen a tell-all on Meghan, Harry and Meghan’s denial that Archie will attend Eton, and listener feedback begging us to fix the audio. Plus, Queen Mary of Denmark is spotted at a lavish birthday party despite palace warnings.

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Hello and welcome to Balas Intrigue. I am your host,

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Mark Francis. More controversy has engulfed the Duke of York

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following allegations contained in a new book about his life

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entitled The Rise and Fall of the House of York

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by Andrew Lowney, claims Prince Andrew was involved in what

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witnesses described as a Thai orgy, with more than forty

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women said to have attended. According to one account, often

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as soon as one left, another would arrive. Thai staff

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were reportedly shocked at what they call the industrial scale

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of the encounters. Another source told Lowney this was not

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some casual affair or isolated lamps. It was an organized

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stream of women brought in while he was overseas on

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official business funded by the taxpayer. It underlines both the

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depth of his entitlement and how far he exploited his position.

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In his book, the author writes the Thai orgy story,

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combined with the renewed pressure of the Epstein scandal, means

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there is no conceivable way back for Andrew as a

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working royal. These details make clear just how reckless he

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was with his position. And the institution cannot risk further

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damage by reinstating him elsewhere. A further source suggested that

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the Duke sees no end to the fallout from his

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connections to Jeffrey Epstein, saying Andrew feels the Epstein scandal

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is just endless for him, and it is it will

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haunt him until he draws his last breath. Meanwhile, in

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The New York Post, Kirston Fleming asks if an exalted

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girl boss who is best friends with Megan Markel and

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Laurence Sanchez, admits dropping racial and gay slurs in years past,

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does it make a sound It would seem not, Fleming explains.

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On Friday Night, an investigation into the behavior of billionaire

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Bumble founder Whitney wolf Herd, who began her career at

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Tinder before suing the dating app and its parent company

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in twenty fourteen for sexual harassment, was published by The

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Daily Mail. The parties settled out of court, and in

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the piece, she admitted to using the N word and

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other slurs, but forgive her Lord, she blamed it on

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her colleagues, saying she was simply keeping up with the

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Fellers in the male centric tech company. Surely her friend's

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admission would spur Markle, who built her entire identity on

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fighting against racism, to speak out against such dangerous language.

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The Robert F. Kennedy Foundation even gave her and her

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husband Prince Harry, the Ripple of Hope Award for championing

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racial justice. After all, Michael ran to Oprah in twenty

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twenty one to cry about the racism she allegedly endured

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at the hands of the royal family. She accused an

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unnamed member of having concerns and conversations about how dark

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Archie's skin might be. She and Prince Harry said racism

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was a large part of their reason for fleeing the UK,

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and he blathered on about unconscious bias, but why the

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crickets from Markel Back in Abe, she only had effusive

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praise for her Powell, who was the inaugural guest on

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her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder. The two fawned

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over each other, and Michael described her as kind of

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a friend who just always seemed to know the exact

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right thing to say when I need perspective. On that episode,

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wolf Heard said she was initially driven to create a

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female forward platform, which would eventually become bumble to encourage

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kindness among women. Fleming reminds us that Meghan has transitioned

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from fighting racism to more important callings spreading joy, making

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jam and being a support beam of the female empowerment

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complex while making lots of cash. Meanwhile, in The Telegraph,

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Mariyanka Swain warns Meghan should be scared of her former

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best friend, with speculation that Jessica mulroney is writing a

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tell old book. Swain points out as Meghan's closest friend

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and confidante through the most dramatic years of her life,

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Mulroney would certainly have revealing details to share, perhaps about

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the early days of Megan and Prince Harry's courtship and

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whether it's really true as Meghan has insisted that she

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never looked up Harry online before their first date. She

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would also have been prairie to the couple's thinking ahead

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of their shock departure from the royal family, and could

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reveal whether Meghan guided that decision not to mention private

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details about Meghan's fraught relationship with her father. Maroney might

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even villa inly tantalizing gaps left by the Sussex's famous

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Oprah interview, including which member of the royal family allegedly

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asked how dark Archie's skin color would be When I

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asked about the royal wedding in twenty nineteen by Harper's

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Bizarre she said, Listen, every person has to have a

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bit of privacy in their life. There are certain things

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I hold very dear in secret. There are things I'll

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never talk about. For sure. My life is an open book,

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but there's always a few secret pages. In the fact

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that nobody will be able to read. Meghan, Meghan is

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no doubt hoping those words still apply. A spokesperson for

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Harry and Meghan has dismissed speculation that Prince Archie might

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be following family tradition by enrolling at Eton College. Reports

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suggesting the six year old could attend the prestigious boarding

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school where both Prince William and Prince Harry were educated,

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surfaced shortly after it was claimed Prince George is likely

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to take up a place there, but a representative for

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Harry and Meghan told E I can confirm that Prince

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Harry has not put Archie's name down for Eton, and

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that the Duke has no plans to send his son

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to Eton Moral Pallace in just a moment. Queen Mary

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of Denmark has been pictured at a lavish birthday celebration

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for her longtime friend Caroline Fleming, despite past warnings to

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distance herself from the social light. Photographs from the fiftieth

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birthday party, which carried an Out of Africa theme, showed

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the Queen in the background of images shared on Instagram

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by Danish businessman Christian Stadele. The event was private and

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did not appear on official Palace schedules. Caroline Fleming, the

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ex wife of Rory Fleming, nephew of James Bond creator

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Ian Fleming, hosted a guest list filled with Danish high

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society figures, celebrities and business leaders. Mary's friendship with Caroline

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dates back to the early two thousands, when she first

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moved to Denmark after meeting Crown Prince Frederick. The Queen

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is godmother to Caroline's daughter, Joseph Fine. However, as Crown Princess,

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Mary was previously advised to be cautious about the association

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due to Caroline's party lifestyle and provocative social media presence.

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Pallas insiders had suggested that such friendships could undermine her

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image as a future queen. King Charles and Queen Cammella

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will travel to Vatican City in October for a two

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day state visit to meet the new Pope, Leo the fourteenth.

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The triple mark Charles' first meeting with the pontiff, formerly

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Cardinal Robert Prevous, who became Pope in May following the

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death of France's at age eighty eight. The visit had

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originally been planned for April, but was scaled back due

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to Pope Francis's declining health. At that time. Charles and

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Camilla spent only a few days in Italy and received

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a short private audience with Francis, which happened to coincide

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with their twentieth wedding anniversary, just days before his death.

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Now the King and Queen's itinerary will be focused on

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the Vatican, though it will be a relatively brief stop

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compared to the longer foreign tours traditionally scheduled in the

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spring or autumn. We'll have courage both here and on

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our sister podcast, White Smoke, which covers the paper sy

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Charles Me the Heartfelt stop in Surrey to meet Ethel

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cater Hamm, the world's oldest living person at one hundred

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and sixteen and the last surviving subject of Edward the Seventh,

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living at Hallmark Lakeview Care Home in Light Water. Missus

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Caterham delighted the monarch with memories of his youth, recalling

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his nineteen sixty nine investiture at Canifern Castle and telling

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him all the girls were in love with you and

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wanted to marry you. Charles Laughing responded with good humor

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and a playful Grimace. Born in nineteen o nine to

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three years before the Titanic sank, Missus Cattahammer's lived through

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the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, two World Wars, and

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the COVID nineteen pandemic. She spent time working as an

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o pair in India as a young woman, later marrying

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her husband Norman in nineteen thirty one and raising two

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daughters while living in Gibraltar and Hong Kong during his

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army service for decades. She is called Surrey home, only

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giving up driving at the age of ninety seven. During

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the visit, cater Ham also reminisced about attending a Buckingham

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Palace garden party in the nineteen sixties while her granddaughter's

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tease that she had often described Charles's so handsome in

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his youth. The King warmly held her hand and chuckled

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at the praise, remarking, yes, well, all that's left of

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him anyway. Surrounded by her three granddaughters and five great grandchildren,

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cater Ham's meeting with the monarch was another extraordinary moment

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in a life that has already spanned more than a

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century of history. And they have it like to email us.

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