Prince Andrew

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Epstein, the Clintons and the death of trust

5 February 2026 10:28 pm

Bill and Hillary Clinton had a choice: face criminal contempt charges or come clean about their friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.…

Why I’m in the Epstein Files

31 January 2026 6:10 pm

‘Always knew you were a nonce.’ That text, from a coworker in London, is how I learnt my name had…

Epstein

Welcome to another episode of ‘The Epstein Files’

20 December 2025 1:53 pm

When I was a boy, Friday nights were time for a new episode of The Rockford Files, a show about…

What Andrew’s Norfolk exile will look like

15 November 2025 9:00 am

When Russian dissidents were bundled off into exile under the tsars, they were sent to Siberia, the ‘prison without a…

Portrait of the week: Downfall of a duke, double-decker trains in the Chunnel and no more chocolate Penguins

25 October 2025 9:00 am

Home Prince Andrew said he would no longer use his titles, including as Duke of York, or his honours; his…

How to succeed, Roman-style

25 October 2025 9:00 am

Whatever Prince Andrew has done, the succession to our throne is secure. How envious the Roman emperor Augustus would have…

Prince Andrew: from playboy to PlayStation

25 October 2025 9:00 am

Oh God, not that. That’s all we need, I thought, reading in a long account of Prince Andrew’s current travails…

I actually feel sorry for Prince Andrew

23 August 2025 9:09 am

Andrew Lownie’s minutely detailed account of the Duke of York’s disgrace and downfall achieves the near impossible

I feel sorry for ‘Rachel from accounts’

8 February 2025 9:00 am

There’s no statute of limitations on reporting a government minister’s embarrassing oops-a-daisy. It’s no good them doing a duck-dive, hoping…

You’ll want to claw your face off: Scoop reviewed

6 April 2024 9:00 am

Scoop is a dramatised account of the events leading up to the BBC’s 2019 Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew. The…

Prince Andrew will never learn his lesson

20 February 2023 11:45 pm

As the Princess of Wales draws plaudits for appearing at last night’s BAFTA awards in a subtly reused Alexander McQueen…

The Prince Andrew conundrum

30 March 2022 10:10 pm

Prince Philip’s memorial service yesterday was an affecting occasion. The hymns, including Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer and Britten’s…

Will Prince Andrew fuel a republican boom?

16 February 2022 10:06 pm

So that’s then. After years of claims and counter-claims, Prince Andrew has settled with Virginia Giuffre for an eight-figure sum…

Prince Andrew settles. What next?

16 February 2022 5:00 am

In some ways, the news is a disappointment. Prince Andrew’s decision to settle the civil case filed against him by…

The Spectator’s Notes

15 January 2022 9:00 am

According to the new Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the Russians wish to ‘put at risk…

Prince Andrew’s royal excommunication is complete

14 January 2022 5:41 am

Prince Andrew has been well and truly cut adrift. By his only family. From birth, he was styled His Royal…

Prince Andrew has no good options

28 September 2021 8:05 am

It’s not a good look, aged 61, to be hiding behind your mother. The ninth in line to the throne…

The failed royal response to Prince Andrew’s Epstein scandal

12 August 2021 4:25 am

The royals are dab hands at navigating crises. They’ve had no choice but to develop the necessary skills. Their armoury…

The royal redemption of Prince Andrew

16 April 2021 12:24 am

Seventeen months is clearly long enough, as far as Prince Andrew is concerned, to spend in the royal wilderness. While…

Koo d’etat

30 November 2019 9:00 am

From 16 October 1982: Prince Andrew’s Caribbean holiday with Miss Koo Stark (following, perhaps prompted by, months of all-male company…

‘For the Jenni, not the few’: the anti-Boris attack line Labour missed

30 November 2019 9:00 am

If the age of deference were still with us, the mortuary tag has now been tied to its toe following…

Prince Andrew and me

30 November 2019 9:00 am

No use piling on where Prince Andrew is concerned. It’s a sorry business, and he’s not among the brightest either.…

Prince Andrew’s Pitch@Palace was bad news for businesses

26 November 2019 1:33 am

A couple of years ago, I was briefly involved with Pitch@Palace – Prince Andrew’s initiative to link up fledgeling businesses…

Portrait of the week: The leaders’ debate, the Duke’s interview and the gilet jaunes’ birthday

23 November 2019 9:00 am

Home In a television debate Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, was jeered by the studio audience when he was asked…

What happened to the other Dukes of York?

23 November 2019 9:00 am

Old Dukes of York Prince Andrew is the 14th royal to have held the title Duke of York (three were…