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Prince Andrew book edited to remove Epstein claims about Melania Trump

HarperCollins removed claims about Melania Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein from 60,000 copies of a Prince Andrew biography to avoid costly legal disputes, publisher said.

  • The book about the House of York authored by Andrew Lownie has been revised to exclude allegations that Jeffrey Epstein introduced Donald Trump to Melania Trump.
  • These changes follow legal caution by publisher HarperCollins to reduce risk of costly lawsuits, and around 60,000 copies containing the original claims have been printed.
  • An entire chapter in the book focuses on Prince Andrew's friendship with Epstein, describing Andrew as mixing official and private business during travels, which breached royal rules.
  • President Trump denied Epstein introduced him to Melania, stating another person did, and a spokesperson said the true meeting account is in Melania Trump's best-selling book.
  • Melania Trump has threatened legal action against Hunter Biden for $1 billion in response to his allegation that Epstein facilitated her introduction to Trump, but Hunter Biden has declined to apologise or withdraw the statement.
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A new book full of juicy anecdotes: The historian Andrew Lownie presents Prince Andrew not as apostate royal, but as a product of an apparatus that enabled the prince's corrupt and sexual escapades.

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In the book on prince, Andrew Lownie writes that Epstein said he had introduced Melania to Trump. The text was withdrawn after the trial threat against Hunter Biden by the same allegations.

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The Telegraph broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.
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