Prince Harry has denied exchanging punches with Prince Andrew in a spat between the two royals.
A new book claimed the Duke of Sussex and the Duke of York became embroiled in an argument during a family gathering in 2013.
The confrontation was said to have been triggered by something said by Andrew ‘behind Harry’s back’.
Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York by Andrew Lownie claims Harry left his uncle with ‘a bloody nose’ in the dispute.
The new book also separately alleges the Duke of York predicted that Harry’s marriage to Meghan Markle would ‘not last more than a month’.
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However a spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex denied the pair had ever had a physical altercation or that Andrew had made such comments about the Duchess of Sussex.
Andrew stepped back as a full time royal after his car crash interview on Newsnight in 2019 in which he was quizzed about his relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
His reputation was further battered by claims from Virginia Giuffre that she had been forced to have sex with the duke as a teenager – claims Andrew denies.
Lownie’s book claims there have been frictions between Andrew and Harry for years, with the latter even allegedly telling his brother, the Prince of Wales, he ‘hated’ the Duke of York.
Andrew, who attacked Harry for failing to carry out ‘due diligence’ on his wife before their wedding in 2018,is also said to have made rude remarks about the Princess of Wales.
The frosty relations between royals come as Andrew faces an uncertain future at the Royal Lodge at Windsor Great Park since his estimated £1million allowance was stopped by the King.
In his biography of Andrew, Lownie suggests William has ‘long worked behind the scenes’ to remove the Duke of York from the estate, where he believes he has abused ‘his privilege’, the Telegraph reported.
The book claims to shine a light on Andrew’s behaviour towards longstanding royal servants.
He is said to have branded David Anderson, the former manager of Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland, a ‘f***ing imbecile’ for not referring to his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, by her full title.
Anderson was informing Andrew that a severe storm had wrecked damaged on the royal residence, including to a tree planted by the Queen Mother.
After Anderson said he had worked for the royal household since 1984, Andrew allegedly said patronisingly: ‘And you still don’t know the proper way to refer to my grandmother? You f***ing imbecile. Get out.’
Colin Burgess, a former esquerry to Queen Elizabeth II, said that Andrew, in contrast to other senior royals, spoke to staff ‘as an officer talks to his subordinates’.
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