Thailand: Andrew allegedly brought in 40 prostitutes during an official trip

Former Prince Andrew allegedly brought 40 prostitutes to his five-star hotel for four days during a trip to Thailand.

And all of this was financed by taxpayers, according to his biographer.

Andrew spent four days with these women, historian and author Andrew Lownie claimed, according to an article published in the New York Post and other media outlets.

See also: Prince Andrew embarrassed by revelations about his trips to Thailand

The revelations of biographer Andrew Lownie

Prince Andrew surrounded by Thai police in Bangkok in 2016. Photo: Getty Images

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, as he is now known, was formally stripped of his titles on Thursday, October 30, by his brother, King Charles III, in a humiliating fall that followed a growing list of damaging revelations about his character.

"There was a famous trip to Thailand."

Andrew represents his country and insists on staying in a five-star hotel rather than at the embassy, ​​as he has always done,” Lownie told the Daily Mail podcast “Deep Dive: The Fall of the House of York.”

Lownie stated that several sources, including a senior Thai official, had corroborated this allegation.

An official trip funded by British taxpayers

Prince Andrew on a yacht in Phuket in 2001. Photo: The Times

The visit to Bangkok was one of many trips Andrew made at the expense of British taxpayers when he was an official UK trade envoy in the early 2000s.

"In 2001, Andrew was 41 years old, he was going through a midlife crisis and he started chasing after all kinds of women," Lownie said.

"He uses his role as a taxpayer-paid trade envoy as an excuse to go on a trip."

He always takes two weeks of "free time".

A “conspiracy of silence” surrounding Andrew

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Prince Andrew in 2006. Photo: Shutterstock

Lownie claimed there was a "conspiracy of silence" surrounding the now disgraced royal.

He asked the British National Archives to release their records on the period when Andrew was a trade envoy.

"Andrew was sending a list of people he wanted to meet for his own business interests," he claimed.

"All files relating to his mandate as a commercial envoy between 2001 and 2011 remain confidential.

"They should be in the National Archives," the historian said.

"They remain confidential, and that's part of the conspiracy of silence surrounding Andrew that we must break."

The enduring links between Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein

Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts, and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2001. Photo: Virginia Roberts

The British royal family has faced increasing pressure in recent months after it was revealed that Andrew maintained ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein years after claiming to have broken off all communication.

This revelation coincided with the posthumous publication of the memoirs of Epstein's most prominent accuser, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who made disturbing accusations against the former prince.

Giuffre, who committed suicide in April, had long claimed that she was forced to have sex with Andrew when she was still a teenager.

Andrew has repeatedly denied these accusations.

These new revelations increase the pressure on the British monarchy, already weakened by successive scandals involving the disgraced Duke of York.

Source: Bangkok Post