Prince Andrew's supporters gave us access to his papers. It backfired

In the unusually deserted and silent corporate office, a very familiar, fruity voice came over the phone speaker, loud, clear and enthusiastic.

‘Keep the pedal to the metal!’ boomed one of the Duke of York’s few remaining supporters. As investigative journalists, we already had the pedal to the metal, sure enough. But that metaphorical vehicle was now speeding in quite a different direction from the one which the Queen’s second son and his loyalists must have been hoping for.

Five years ago – in those strange months prior to and during the second Covid of 2020 – I found myself, along with my Mail colleague Stephen Wright, in close proximity to a desperate final attempt to discredit the toxic allegations concerning Prince Andrew’s friendship with convicted paedophile billionaire .

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