No wonder the royals don't want Andrew and Fergie around for Christmas... Just look at the company the disgraced Duke of York keeps, says ANDREW LOWNIE

As Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson spend a desultory Christmas alone at the Royal Lodge, while more than 40 members of the Royal Family celebrate 125 miles away in Sandringham, they may well feel a pang of regret over the Duke's associations. Paedophile Epstein, 66, killed himself in prison in 2019 while Maxwell remains locked up at FCI Tallahassee in Florida, while serving a 20-year sentence for child sex trafficking A selfie taken by Selman Turk alongside Tarek Kaituni during a visit to what appears to be Frogmore House, the royal residence in Windsor Great Park, in February 2020 Jane Andrews, who was the Duchess Of York's dresser for nine years until 1997, was convicted Of murdering businessman Tom Cressman at their home in Fulham, London. Canadian fashion executive Peter Nygard was convicted on four counts of sexual assault in 2023 Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity Prior to this, he was hosted by Andrew at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Alleged Chinese spy Yang Tenbo spearheaded the Chinese operations of Pitch@Palace, a Dragons Den initiative to find the entrepreneurs of the future The Rowlands accompanied Andrew to the country twice in 2008 leading to $5 million invested in a fund controlled by the Rowlands.