Fresh allegations surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, are renewing scrutiny of Buckingham Palace's internal culture, with a report claiming the disgraced royal used a coded phrase to usher young women into palace quarters without formal checks.
According to OK! Magazine, a former Buckingham Palace employee alleged that Andrew would instruct staff that "Mrs. Windsor will arrive shortly, please let her in and show her up," a phrase described as shorthand for granting "unvetted access" to women visiting his private rooms. The report portrays the wording as a signal designed to discourage questions from palace personnel.
The source quoted by OK! claimed it was "common knowledge" that Andrew "liked to have young women visit Buckingham Palace," adding that the guests were "always via one of the out-of-sight staff entrances." The insider further alleged that such visits were frequent enough that staff would simply respond "yes sir," suggesting a culture of compliance shaped by hierarchy.
A second source cited in the same report alleged that "few details, if any, were taken because of his status within the Royal Household," and that the practice was "regularly discussed by courtiers but nothing was ever done to challenge it." The allegations, if accurate, would raise questions about institutional oversight within one of Britain's most tradition-bound establishments.
The account also described tensions between Andrew and security personnel. "It went on for years," the source said, adding: "The royal protection officers hated being assigned Andrew as he was so unpleasant and dismissive." The description sketches a portrait of privilege colliding with protocol, in which formal structures may have bent to accommodate royal preference.
Andrew has repeatedly denied wrongdoing in connection with broader allegations tied to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. In February 2022, he reached a settlement with Virginia Giuffre in her U.S. civil lawsuit, avoiding trial. The sum was undisclosed, though Time reported estimates of roughly £12 million (about $16.3 million), while OK! described the settlement as "reported to be around $15 million."
Giuffre alleged she was trafficked and forced into sexual encounters with Andrew when she was 17. In excerpts attributed to her forthcoming memoir, Nobody's Girl, cited by OK!, she described Andrew as "friendly enough, but still entitled, as if he believed having s-- with me was his birthright." She also wrote that she felt like a "toy" who was there "to be passed around," adding: "But I was still a human being with feelings and emotion and sadness... And to know that this man had daughters, that he was still capable of abusing me. It just doesn't make sense."
In November 2025, the BBC aired previously unseen footage from Giuffre's 2019 Panorama interview. In the clip, she recalled Ghislaine Maxwell telling her after a 2001 nightclub outing: "Ghislaine tells me that I have to do for Andrew what I do for Jeffrey, and that made me sick... I just didn't expect it from royalty."
The palace has not publicly addressed the latest "code" allegations. In October 2025, King Charles III moved to strip Andrew of his remaining royal affiliations and indicated he would be referred to as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, signaling a formal distancing from the monarchy.
