British author Andrew Lownie claims in a new bestseller that Prince Andrew exploited his royal status for personal gain, calling the royal family “a mafia-style operation” rife with financial corruption and protection from accountability

An email from 2011 appears to contradict Prince Andrew’s claim that he severed all ties with Jeffrey Epstein in 2010, deepening the scandal that has already cost him his royal titles, his Windsor residence, and much of his public standing