A new Channel 5 documentary, Andrew and Fergie: The Duke and Duchess of Excess, has aired claims that Prince Andrew mistreated his staff, including dropping used tissues on the floor for them to retrieve. The programme, which examined the lives of the Duke of York and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, featured royal biographer Andrew Lonie making the allegations.
Lonie said: 'Andrew was particularly horrible to staff; he doesn't seem to see them as normal people. He treats them as basically subordinates to be bossed around. I think he’s very narcissistic and everything is about him.' The author claimed the Duke would summon his protection officer to pick up golf balls and call maids from four floors down to open curtains.
The documentary also referenced earlier claims from royal author Tom Quinn, who wrote that Prince Andrew insisted on a staff member being transferred because he 'disliked a mole on the man’s face'. Another former servant reportedly asked for a colleague to be moved for wearing a nylon tie.
In response, a source close to the Duke told the Daily Beast that the allegations were 'a rehash of things already said' and that the family 'know it never will' end. A source close to Sarah Ferguson said the family had been 'pilloried and bullied' by the press for years.
