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The Rise and Fall of the House of York

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By: Andrew Lownie
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THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER

A Book of the Year in The Times and Financial Times

‘The biographer who brought down Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’ THE OBSERVER

‘This isn’t a book; it’s a case for revolution’ SUNDAY TIMES

'Undoubtedly the most important book of the last year, if not the century' MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘This book has changed the way its readers think. Possibly the most important book that touches on the British monarchy since the days of Thomas Payne’ WILL LLOYD

‘As represented in the book’s pages, the royal family, with its appendages and penumbra, can be seen as an impossible entity, toxic to those in it and attached to it, and subtly contaminating the rest of us.’ DAVID AARONOVICH

‘Surely has a claim to the title of book of the year, for its seismic impact’ FINANCIAL TIMES

Drawing on four years of research, numerous FOI requests and interviews with over a hundred people who have never spoken out before, the book traces the lives of the late Queen’s second son and his ex-wife through their childhoods, courtship, marriage, divorce, careers, and royal and charitable activities.

Having still lived together until their departure from Royal Lodge in 2025, they claimed to be "the happiest divorced couple in the world". The book investigates the reality of their relationship and their love lives. It charts Andrew’s record in the Falklands, his business activities and reveals details of how the couple have been able financially to sustain their extravagant lifestyles. It also recounts the full story of their links with Jeffrey Epstein.

Chronicling their lives in parallel, the picture that emerges is of a spoilt former prince unable to connect and a former duchess pushed by her insecurities into a desperate need to maintain the attention her ‘royal’ status brought. Rigorously researched and packed full of revelations, this is eye-watering biography at its best.

‘This isn't just a royal biography. It's a study in reputational collapse and the danger of unchecked power inside Britain's most protected institution' THE STANDARD

‘A catalyst for Andrew’s de-princing’ THE TIMES

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Critic Reviews

‘The book doesn’t raise eyebrows so much as leave them in a state of elevated paralysis. On almost every page of more than 400, there is at least one shocking revelation' OBSERVER
‘Those who think Andrew has been hounded by a vengeful mob, and that it’s all gone too far, should read Lownie’s book and then wonder why it didn’t go further and faster' JANICE TURNER, THE TIMES
‘This isn't just a royal biography. It's a study in reputational collapse and the danger of unchecked power inside Britain's most protected institution' THE STANDARD
‘Explosive … Makes Prince Harry’s Spare look positively restrained’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘The most devastating royal biography ever written’ DAILY MAIL
'Less a biographer than a mortician, he has delivered a 456-page obituary for the Duke and Duchess of York. It may also prove to be the first line of an obituary for the monarchy itself' NEW STATESMAN
'This searing biography of Prince Andrew crackles with scandals about sex and money on almost every page. The author's best-selling biographies have a habit of changing the reputation of famous figures… Although in the case of Entitled, he hasn't so much cemented Prince Andrew's reputation, as put it in concrete boots and thrown it in the river. It is hard to see how he might come back from this' BBC NEWS
‘Devastating … this is more than just a hit job on the duke. By examining Andrew’s taxpayer-funded role as the UK’s “special representative” for trade and investment, the author takes aim at an “Establishment cover-up”' THE TIMES
‘Indispensable’ THE NEW YORKER
'A jaw-dropping account of arrogance, financial incontinence, greed and, indeed, entitlement' DAILY EXPRESS
'In the latest devastating biography by Andrew Lownie, which – in any rational scheme of things – should surely drive the final nail into the woodwormed remnants of his reputation' THE INDEPENDENT
'Among the most lurid, marmalade-dropping outlandish books published about a senior royal’ SUNDAY TIMES
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A well worn story of privilege and abuse of power. While the book seems well researched and meticulously detailed, at times I felt there were chapters that were antidotes that didn’t flow but were simply a list.
Andrew and Sarah are appalling, spoiled, dishonest and selfish in a way that will tarnish the Royal family. They truly deserve each other. The level of complicit enabling that was tolerated by the Royal family and indeed the Queen is astonishing. This book will increase the pressure the Royals feel to explain their relevance and justify the power of elites.
I am absolutely sure that sections of the audio is generated by AI which is lazy. It’s obvious in serial mis-pronunciations and the cadence of the sentences. There are also very obvious edits that feel clunky.
Overall I enjoyed the listen, although it lacked polish in the performance.

The dark shadow that will haunt the Royal Family.

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Excellent writing with a well researched book. Well worth a listen if your interested in how British tax payers money is wasted

A great insight into the house of York

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Meticulous. A bit too wordy sometimes, but that’s associated with need to demonstrate rigour I suspect. In some ways we ‘know’ the story, but this book lays it all out …

Meticulous

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I really enjoyed this audio book; I found myself taking my device everywhere so I could continue to listen. I was by turns amused, astounded and outraged by the Yorks’ behaviour, and how it was allowed to continue unchecked for so long. The story shows that checks and balances were almost nonexistent when it came to the British royal family. Andrew Lownie’s painstaking work in assembling all the available material has resulted in a permanent record of the unattractive, dishonest and at times completely corrupt behaviour of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. Highly recommended.

The meticulous research and engaging prose

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Hard to understand them, flawed characters, it just goes on and on. I found it almost unbelievable what they have been able to get away with over decades, and not been held accountable.

Very entitled

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