A high-profile publishing controversy has erupted after a book about Prince Andrew was forced to quietly amend passages linking former First Lady Melania Trump to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The changes come after Melania’s legal team threatened Hunter Biden with a $1 billion lawsuit for repeating the same allegation in a recent interview.
The book in question, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York by historian Andrew Lownie, was published on August 14 and explores the life and scandals of Prince Andrew, including his notorious friendship with Epstein. Early editions contained a claim that Epstein had introduced Donald Trump to his third wife, Melania — a detail that has long circulated in rumour but has never been proven.
That allegation resurfaced earlier this month when Hunter Biden, in a conversation with filmmaker Andrew Callaghan for Channel 5, repeated it outright. “Epstein introduced Melania to Trump — the connections are so wide and deep,” Biden said.
Within days, Melania Trump’s lawyers issued a sharply worded letter to Biden, calling the remark “false, disparaging, defamatory and inflammatory.” The letter demanded a retraction and formal apology, warning that failure to comply would result in a $1 billion lawsuit.