The Royal Family is facing fresh pressure to open up its books after Andrew Windsor’s Epstein scandal reignited explosive questions about money, gifts, influence and what really goes on behind palace walls.

Royal author Andrew Lownie is now calling for sweeping transparency reforms, arguing that the monarchy can no longer expect the public to simply trust The Firm while members of the royal orbit receive gifts, make business deals and use their titles in powerful circles.

Lownie, whose controversial book Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York put Andrew, 66, and Sarah Ferguson, 66, back under the microscope, says the Epstein fallout has exposed a much bigger problem inside the monarchy.

Now, he wants a formal royal register that would reveal gifts, commercial work, outside payments and powerful connections involving members of the Royal Family.

According to Lownie, the public deserves to know who royals are meeting, who is funding projects, what gifts are being exchanged and whether royal influence is being quietly traded through private relationships.

“It’s so important we have a royal register, like the parliamentary register,” Lownie said, arguing that similar rules were discussed years ago but never properly put in place.

He added that without a register, the public is left in the dark.

“If all these royals, Prince Michael of Kent, Peter Phillips, had to say, ‘I’m being paid this, this and this, by these people to promote milk,’ or whatever it is, then at least we know what’s what,” he said. “But at the moment, we have no idea.”

Lownie has just released an updated paperback edition of his book, which includes new allegations about the York family’s finances, overseas connections and private business dealings.

The updated claims come as Andrew’s reputation remains in ruins over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Andrew has denied wrongdoing, but the scandal has continued to haunt the monarchy and raise uncomfortable questions about what senior royals knew and when they knew it.

Lownie said the Epstein material changed everything.

“The game changer has been the Epstein releases, because we have just seen chapter and verse,” he said.

He then questioned why the Royal Family did not act sooner after his book first came out.

“Why didn’t they do anything in August when my book came out?” he said. “You just get the sense that until they are forced to act, until people heckle them, they just hope the problem will go away.”

Lownie added that the Palace should be forced to explain itself.

“I think they should explain what they knew, when,” he said.

The author also claimed Sarah Ferguson may now be privately negotiating her future with the Royal Family, especially when it comes to financial security.

“That may be what Fergie’s negotiating at the moment,” he said. “Can she get a nice pension from the Royal Family and not have to do an Oprah interview?”

The drama has also dragged Andrew and Sarah’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, into the royal storm.

Lownie suggested there are now divisions inside the monarchy over how the sisters should be treated as their parents remain surrounded by scandal.

“I think it’s a very schizophrenic relationship at the moment with the royals and Beatrice and Eugenie,” he said.

According to Lownie, one side of the family wants distance, while King Charles may feel more protective of his nieces.

“You get the sense of distancing and I think there’s possibly two schools of thought here,” he said.

He claimed Queen Camilla, Prince William and Princess Kate understand the reputational damage and want to keep the York sisters at arm’s length.

But Charles, he said, may be “a bit sentimental” and feel “obligated to be protective.”

“The daughters are clearly footballs in this thing,” Lownie added.

Still, the author warned that Beatrice and Eugenie’s global appearances and continued use of their royal titles could send the wrong message while the York family remains under scrutiny.

“The fact that they are still swanning around the Middle East, using their titles…it doesn’t send out the right signals if you want to work your passage back,” he said. “It’s confusing.”

The renewed criticism comes as Andrew remains cut off from official royal duties following years of damaging headlines tied to Epstein and Virginia Giuffre.

Palace aides are reportedly still worried about how closely Beatrice and Eugenie should be connected to royal life while questions about the York family continue to dominate.

One royal insider said there is “real anxiety” behind palace doors that the monarchy still looks vulnerable to accusations of secrecy, privilege and special treatment.

The source said the Epstein scandal opened the door to a much wider reckoning over money, influence and accountability.

“There is a real sense something major needs to change if the monarchy is to hold onto any respect from the wider British public,” the insider said.

For a monarchy already fighting to modernize its image, the timing could hardly be worse.

Andrew’s disgrace may have started as one royal scandal, but critics now say it has exposed something far bigger: a centuries-old institution still operating with too much secrecy and not enough answers.