As Prince Andrew’s reputation plunges further following the unsealing of more legal documents containing allegations relating to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell, insiders say the Duke of York is considering writing a tell-all memoir, even if it risks him being pushed out of the monarchy completely.
They say, “Prince Andrew is feeling the wrath of King Charles and others as his battered reputation plumbs new depths – and he’s talking seriously about pulling the trigger on a tell-all, even if it makes him persona non grata a la Prince Harry.”
They add, “Andrew would like to get his side of the story out there, remind people how much good he’s done for the Commonwealth as a serving member of the armed forces and loyal son to Her Majesty. He feels Charles will never give him a fair deal, so the only way is to fight fire with fire now.” 

Last week, the late Queen’s second son, Andrew, 63, catapulted the Royal Family into a fresh scandal amid detailed claims he took part in an “underage orgy” and groped a woman’s breast. The court document released in New York includes claims an underage girl was told to give Andrew “whatever he demanded” while on Epstein’s private Caribbean resort on Little St James in the US Virgin Islands. The documents also claim sex tapes are alleged to have been taken of Prince Andrew, former President Bill Clinton and business tycoon Sir Richard Branson by Jeffrey Epstein, who ended his life in prison in 2019. Prince Andrew has previously denied any wrongdoing and Sir Richard Branson says the accusations are “baseless and unfounded”. 
The latest allegations come after the sexual assault case filed against Andrew in 2021 by Virginia Giuffre, who has long claimed that Epstein made her have “disgusting” sex with the royal three times, starting in 2001 when she was just 17.

Prince Andrew’s lawyers said at the time he “unequivocally denies Giuffre’s false allegations against him.” He settled the case out of court for an an alleged £12m in February 2022, sparing him the humiliation of giving evidence in a trial and protecting the royal family from further reputational damage.
Amid the scandal, the Duke – who is divorced from ex wife Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson and is Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s dad – was stripped of his military titles and royal patronages as well as the use of the title His Royal Highness in 2022. But more recently, he has been present at royal events, joining the royal walkabout at Sandringham after the Christmas church service. It was also reported he had won in the battle to stop the King from evicting him from Royal Lodge to Frogmore Cottage, once home to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
However, the latest sensational allegations could potentially put a nail in the coffin to further amends being made with the family, giving Andrew ammunition to write his long-awaited book.

“And he’s also been quite open in telling certain people inside the Firm, especially his immediate family, that it seems like a very sensible option to go ahead and pull the trigger on this– it’s just a matter of thinking it through a little more and deciding if he’s willing to endure the inevitable fallout.
“For a good while he’s been at pains to do that, since he knows it’ll be met with absolute horror from his family and almost certainly mean he’ll need to leave his current place of residence and start afresh outside of the royal fold.”
The insider adds Andrew is aware of how much drama Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir Spare caused last year, which had no shortage of explosive revelations, including his claim that his older brother Prince William physically attacked him, driving the wedge driven between him and the royal household even further.
Along with this, Prince Andrew’s 2019 no-holds-barred Newsnight interview, where he told journalist Emily Maitlis that he had “no recollection” of ever meeting Guiffre, despite the existence of a photograph of the two of them standing next to each other. He also dismissed some of Guiffre’s allegations by claiming he could not sweat, after she claimed he had been “profusely sweating” during their alleged encounter. Other extraordinary claims that were made by Andrew in the programme included that he could not have had sex with Giuffre on the night he was accused of doing so because he had taken his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Eugenie to a Pizza Express in Woking.

The insider explains that Andrew is keen to set the record straight in the new book.
“Of course Andrew witnessed firsthand how much chaos was caused by Harry’s release of Spare, as well as his own disastrous interview with Newsnight. But Andrew’s not seeing many other options, as far as highlighting the good things he’s done and clearing up many of the falsities he claims have been circulated about him,” they say.
They add, “Sarah, Eugenie, Beatrice and others have all told him this is utter madness, he needs to keep his head down, count himself lucky for what he’s still got and not cause any more undue attention and embarrassment than he already has.
“They’re already suffering so much by association, given the awful publicity Andrew’s been getting and the undeniable fact that he was close friends with a man who’s been unmasked as one of the most evil monsters in modern history. There’s a huge dread that’s really building now, and all hell’s going to break loose if he doesn’t come to his senses and call this plan totally off.”