"Andrew, unfortunately, exhibited classic symptoms of what is scientifically recognised as the Dunning-Kruger effect, the cognitive bias in which people come to believe that they are smarter and more capable than they really are. The combination of minimal self-awareness and dim wattage leads sufferers of this condition to overestimate their own capabilities. Years of enjoying unearned obeisance to his royal position allowed Andrew to bang on with a combination of overweening self-confidence and unchallenged ignorance. It also made him an easy mark for con men and crooks."
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Tina Brown, extract from her book The Palace Papers, as cited in "'Jeffrey Epstein told people that Prince Andrew was an idiot – but a useful one'", The Telegraph (11 April 2022)
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, (Andrew Albert Christian Edward; born 19 February 1960), formerly known as Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; his elder brother is King Charles III. A former close associate of Jeffrey Epstein, in February 2026, Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
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