Prince Andrew WON’T write tell-all memoir like Harry

Here’s some news to make the coronation even more of a celebration for King Charles – it may be revealed that Prince Andrew will NOT be writing a tell-all memoir after all.

There was speculation that the Duke of York would provide an account of his life story in print, especially after the incredible financial success of Prince Harry’s memoir Spare and his plight after the Queen’s death. Author Daphne Barak was tipped to be his ghostwriter.

However, I was told that the idea is a non-runner. A source says: ‘There are no plans for a book and never have been. The duke has had a non-existent profile since Newsnight, precisely so as not to damage the institution. . . he would never do anything to intentionally harm the family.”

It was previously said that the disgraced duke believed an autobiography could enable him to set the record straight in the wake of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

His last major attempt at this – the infamous 2019 BBC Newsnight interview – failed spectacularly, but the Duke might have had more control with a book.

Prince Andrew stepped back from public life in 2019 amid the fallout from his friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — and that disastrous Newsnight interview.

His military ties and charities were removed by the Queen in January 2022, and a civil suit brought by his accuser Virginia Giuffre was settled out of court the following month, reportedly for £12 million.

Andrew emphatically denied her claims that he sexually assaulted her when she was 17.

In January 2023, The Mail on Sunday reported that the Duke of York was considering an attempt to reverse the multimillion-pound settlement he had reached with his accuser.

The uproar surrounding the case led to his military honors being stripped and a return to public life seems impossible.

Despite remaining a Garter Knight, Andrew was banned from the annual public procession in 2022. Instead, he joined other Garter Knights for the private portion of the day.

However, Prince Andrew was reportedly “furious” after learning that King Charles might ban him from wearing the lavish Knight of the Garter Robes at the coronation.

The king is reportedly deciding whether to let his brother wear the robes after Andrew stepped down from royal duties over the scandal.

He was previously forbidden to wear the traditional robes during Queen Elizabeth’s final appearance at the Garter Day procession in Windsor.

The Duke then largely disappeared from view, although he was prominently present at the Queen’s funeral in September.

He will attend the King’s coronation at Westminster Abbey on May 6, but will not appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after that, as that honor is strictly reserved for ‘working royals’.

Instead, a life of service (of an as yet undefined kind) beckons behind the scenes.

However, he hopes to completely clear his name with regard to Miss Giuffre. It is not clear whether this will ever lead to legal action.

Meanwhile, the king is said to be unwilling to continue funding his brother’s protection teams at the 30-room Royal Lodge in Windsor, which apparently costs £3 million a year.

It is possible that he will move to Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor estate, which was refurbished and then vacated by Prince Harry and Meghan.

But that possibility is complicated by the fact that he signed a 75-year lease on the Royal Lodge in 2003, in exchange for the £10 million he spent renovating it.

A Netflix movie about the making of the Newsnight interview, Scoop, is in production. Rufus Sewell plays Andrew and the role of interviewer Emily Maitlis has been taken by Gillian Anderson.

Prince Harry’s Spare is the fastest-selling memoir in publishing history, selling 3.2 million copies worldwide in one week. Harry secured a four-book deal worth £16 million in advance; and is in line to receive many times that amount in royalties – experts suggest more than £30 million in total.

In his book, Harry claims that members of the royal family regularly informed the press, including for negative articles about Meghan.

Harry has been criticized for sharing private conversations in the book and intimate details about his relatives.

However, the prince claimed there are many other details he is unwilling to share because “I just don’t want the world to know,” adding that his family will “someday forgive him” if he did.

Harry has since challenged his relatives to speak to him and apologize to Meghan, although it’s not clear for what.

However, since the book’s release, America’s crush on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle seems to have gone through a rough patch.

The controversial pair have seen their popularity numbers plummet in just over a month and are reportedly receiving fewer invites to glamorous events as A-listers fear they’ll be the center of attention.

Prior to publication, Harry had a favorable rating of +38, according to a Dec. 5 poll of 2,000 American voters. That fell to -7 on Jan. 16, pollsters Redfield & Wilton found — while Meghan Markle dropped to -13, compared to +23 on Dec. 5.

A source previously claimed that Prince Andrew also wanted to write a memoir.

The source said: ‘Andrew was the original reserve and there is plenty of material. Compared to Harry, he has a much deeper history to draw from.

Writing a book would give him a chance to fully explain his association with Jeffrey Epstein and the resulting ramifications.

“But it would also be a fascinating insight into the inner workings of the Royals and their relationships.”

It has been suggested that Andrew was in conversation with American author and interviewer Daphne Barak, who has written biographies of Amy Winehouse and former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Two leading publishers are said to be interested in an autobiography by the duke, who settled amicably with his sexual abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre last year.

A lucrative book deal would come in handy for Andrew, who has told friends he didn’t receive an inheritance from the Queen when she died.

A source said: “Andrew needs to find ways to make money and support himself.

“It would be a huge blow to leave Royal Lodge. But most of all, he wants to set things right. If he doesn’t change the story, no one else will.’