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Andrew Lownie and Helen Fry
Prince Andrew, the Epstein Files and Royal Scandal

Wednesday 5.08.2026

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This lecture starts on 5 August at 5:00pm (UK).

Summary

Helen Fry in conversation with Andrew Lownie, whose new bestselling biography of Prince Andrew, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, lifts the lid on a shocking life.
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Andrew Lownie

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Bestselling author Andrew Lownie is widely regarded as the leading biographer on the British Royal Family. Andrew was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was Dunster History Prizeman and President of the Union, before taking his Masters and doctorate at Edinburgh University. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he later returned to Cambridge as a visiting fellow at Churchill College. He has been a bookseller, publisher, journalist, writing for the Times, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, Spectator, and Guardian, and since 1988 has run his own literary agency specialising in history and biography. He is President of the Biographers Club, sits on the board of Biographers International Organisation, and is a Trustee of the Campaign for Freedom of Information.

Andrew’s catalogue of books, including Entitled are listed here.

Helen Fry

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Helen Fry has authored and edited over 25 books covering the social history of the Second World War, including British Intelligence and the secret war, espionage, and spies, as well as MI9 escape and evasion. She is the foremost authority on the “secret listeners” who worked at special eavesdropping sites operated by British Intelligence during WWII. Helen is the official biographer of MI6 spymaster, Colonel Thomas Joseph Kendrick. She has also extensively written about the 10,000 Germans who fought for Britain during WWII. Helen has appeared in a number of documentaries and has provided advisory services for TV and drama. She also appears regularly in media interviews and podcasts. Helen is an ambassador for the National Centre for Military Intelligence (NCMI) and serves as a trustee of both the Friends of the Intelligence Corps Museum and the Medmenham Collection. She works in London.
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