Prince Andrew and His Absurd Behavior

Tina Brown’s book The Palace Papers portrays Prince Andrew as arrogant, crude and deeply entitled, based on accounts from people who encountered him within royal circles. According to one anecdote, Andrew publicly humiliated his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, by asking another man why he was speaking to “this fat cow” while Ferguson was standing nearby. The book also alleges that Andrew regularly watched pornography at royal residences and expected household staff to clear away used tissues afterward, presenting the behavior as another example of his disregard for employees and his assumption that others existed to serve him. These claims were published as part of a broader portrait of a prince whose privileged position allegedly insulated him from ordinary standards of courtesy and accountability.

Brown also describes a longstanding pattern of bullying, temper tantrums and inappropriate behavior toward royal staff, with Andrew reportedly demanding that employees satisfy even his most trivial preferences. The allegations reinforce the image of Andrew that emerged during the Jeffrey Epstein scandal: a man accustomed to deference, surrounded by people reluctant to confront him and seemingly unaware of how his conduct appeared outside the protective royal environment. The episode involving Ferguson is particularly striking because the former couple remained exceptionally close after their divorce, yet Andrew was still allegedly willing to demean her publicly. Although the claims originate from Brown’s reporting and unnamed sources rather than an admission from Andrew, they form part of a consistent account of entitlement and contemptuous treatment described by numerous former employees and observers.




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