The allegations against disgraced former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor just keep on piling up.
He’s already been stripped of his royal titles over his links to convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein and arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over the alleged sharing of information with Epstein while serving as the UK’s trade envoy.
Now, further accusations of despicable behaviour have emerged involving the shocking abuse of a dog and his creepy actions towards a flight attendant.
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Royal biographer Andrew Lownie has recounted a disturbing incident involving Mr Mountbatten-Windsor where he was confronted by a guest during a pheasant shoot at Sandringham.
Outlined in the updated edition of his book Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the Duke and Duchess of York, Lownie says the former prince was rebuked after he abused his pet labrador.
The shooting party had gathered for a mid-morning break where soup and sausage rolls were being served when things took an awkward turn.
“Suddenly the dog leapt and snatched the guest’s sausage roll from his hand, causing him to laugh.”
But Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was not amused, instead, Lownie claims he “kicked his dog in the head, leaving her whimpering on the ground”.
The guest who told Lownie of the incident said that he admonished the former prince, saying “That is the most disgusting thing that you have just done to your beautiful dog. You should be ashamed of yourself!”
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor responded by swearing at the guest, saying “It is none of your business and I will do precisely what I want to MY dogs.”
Later though, Prince Philip approached the guest to say “What you said to my son today was absolutely right and Her Majesty and I fully agree with what you said. Andrew needs a good scolding from time to time”.
In another disturbing allegation about his behaviour far from the cameras but while still a working senior royal, Mr Mountbatten-Windsor had a creepy interaction with a flight attendant.
Lownie writes, “A stewardess on a first-class British Airways flight to New York in 2010 tells of how, after he requested a bottle of water, he complained it was too cold.
“She apologised and said all the water was in the chiller, so ‘he undid his flies, shoved the bottle of water down his trousers’.”
“This will warm it up,” Mr Mountbatten-Windsor allegedly responded.
The new claims about the disgraced former prince add to a mountain of unflattering anecdotes that have emerged since his fall from grace, including one that he used a “disgusting” slur against a physically disabled man.
In his book Betrayal, royal author Tom Bower detailed an incident when Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was addressing a room full of UK businessmen at a lunch in Warsaw, Poland.
“The deputy ambassador came in to tell him that he was urgently wanted on the phone. Now, the deputy ambassador had a club foot, which was very noticeable. He had a huge physical deformity,” Bower said.
After observing the man’s limb difference, Mr Mountbatten-Windsor purportedly yelled out an insult hinged on a slur.
“And Andrew screamed across the room at him, ‘What the f*** are you cripple doing (sic), coming to interrupt me?’”