Overview
- Robert Jobson’s Windsor Legacy reports that royal staff found condoms, lubricants and poppers after a Sandringham event held for Ghislaine Maxwell’s 39th birthday in 2000.
- Jeffrey Epstein attended the gathering, and the pair were said to be regular guests at royal residences in that period; Maxwell is serving a 20-year U.S. sentence and Epstein died in 2019.
- In his 2019 BBC Newsnight interview, Prince Andrew downplayed the gathering, calling it “a straightforward shooting weekend.”
- The coverage presents the Sandringham details as allegations from the book’s serialization, with no independent confirmation from the palace reported.
- The book also contends the late Queen defended Andrew during the scandal, while King Charles later reined in his spending, including intervening over a £32,000 live‑in yoga instructor bill.