Overview
- Royal author Andrew Lownie said on the Daily Beast podcast that Jeffrey Epstein spoke to a former SAS sniper about killing Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor and Sarah Ferguson.
- Lownie cited two sources for the allegation, identifying one in Paris and a former FBI agent in Florida, and he acknowledged he does not know how far any plan progressed.
- He described Epstein as increasingly paranoid before his 2019 death in jail and claimed the financier believed the pair could expose his secrets.
- The reports in UK tabloids relay Lownie's remarks and note he is the author of Entitled, his book about Andrew and Sarah.
- Andrew has denied allegations related to Epstein and reached a 2022 settlement with Virginia Giuffre that included no admission of wrongdoing, as coverage also notes prior loss of royal styling.