Former Met Police protection officer Paul Page alleges he witnessed Prince Andrew breach palace security protocol with two women he believed to be sex workers
Andrew received two very unlikely-looking guests at the Palace (Image: WPA Pool, Getty Images)
A former royal protection officer for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor claimed he saw the former Duke of York with sex workers at Buckingham Palace. Paul Page served in the Metropolitan Police’s Royal Protection Unit from 1998 to 2004, primarily safeguarding Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and Prince Andrew during their stays at the Palace.
In an exclusive interview, he recounted a particularly notable incident when Andrew allegedly invited two “giggling” women into his private apartments at Buckingham Palace, entertaining them for an hour.
Paul was informed by two senior officers that the pair were likely sex workers, a belief he now shares, given the recent allegations surrounding Andrew.
Recounting the alleged event, Paul stated: “We got a call from the control room. He [Andrew] has got two female guests arriving in a taxi shortly. They said ‘You’re not to stop the taxi, it’s to be directed straight into the quad’.”
Concerned about the security risks of allowing a taxi with unknown passengers into Buckingham Palace, Paul and his colleagues decided to disregard the instructions and halt the taxi.
The taxi arrived at Buckingham Palace late in the evening (Image: Getty)
According to Paul, the women wore “very short skirts and very low cut tops”. He suggested they “looked like they might have had a drink”.
Word quickly spread among the officers on duty that night and it was agreed that when the women left, whoever was on gate duty would alert everyone so they could see the suspect duo for themselves.
The women allegedly stayed in Andrew’s flat for almost exactly an hour. Paul continued: “Then we get a call – ‘The females are exiting Andrew’s apartments’.”
He added: “You would have thought there was a major security alert. Fifteen police all running full pelt down to the side door to view these two ‘prostitutes’. There were loads of us packed into the side door area.”
Former royal bodyguard Paul Page(Image: PA)
“It’s where all the tradesmen come in,” Paul added. “But what the idiot in the control room never told us was that Andrew was with them.”
As soon as the police officers noticed Andrew, they scarpered, even hiding under cars to avoid being spotted.
Paul said that, in normal circumstances, a private guest would be escorted off Palace grounds by a footman. But what allegedly happened next shocked Paul even more than the sight of the two women.
Andrew took the unprecedented step of escorting the two young ladies onto the street(Image: Getty)
“This time,” Paul claimed, “Andrew has decided to come and not only that he’s walked out onto Buckingham Gate with them – which is unheard of – and he’s stood out on the side of the road with these two unknown females and stayed there for about 10 minutes until he could wave a taxi down and put them in it and send ’em off.
“A member of the Royal Family just doesn’t do that.”
Paul explained that apart from the simple breach of royal protocol, Andrew’s actions represented a significant security risk. He continued: “Anyone could have grabbed him or seen him. He was there for at least ten minutes, because we all had to lay under the f*****g cars for ten minutes waiting for him to p*** off.”
Representatives for Andrew and the Palace have been contacted for comment.