Having spent the last four years researching a biography of the Duke of York, I have always maintained that the real issue surrounding him is financial and not sexual. Extensive column inches have been devoted to his association with Jeffrey Epstein and the claims of Virginia Giuffre. But far less attention is paid to how the duke has been able to finance his extravagant lifestyle.
This has become an even more pressing question with the debate on whether he can afford to stay in Royal Lodge and recent revelations about his business activities. Yet getting anywhere close to the bottom of Prince Andrew’s finances, as I have been trying to do for some time, is a fraught and fiendishly complex business.
