Overview

• Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York is set for publication on August 14 and has been serialised in major outlets since August 5, with no official response from royal spokespeople.
• Author Andrew Lownie recounts Ferguson’s “schoolgirl crush” on John F. Kennedy Jr., including a New York hotel invitation and staff surveillance to verify his movements.
• The book claims Ferguson bombarded Kevin Costner with raunchy phone calls after being rebuffed by JFK Jr. and flew 1,500 miles in 1997 to court Tiger Woods, later maintaining a lasting friendship.
• Excerpts probe Ferguson’s extravagant spending, reporting debts between $2.6 million and $5.3 million that were partly settled through royal bailouts and book advances.
• Lownie’s biography revisits Prince Andrew’s decade-long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and relays disputed claims of a 2013 altercation with Prince Harry.