Prince Andrew is reportedly set to release an auto-biography of his own — and palace insiders fear it’s the last card he’s got left to play to save his reputation.

The rumored tell-all — which strongly echoes that of his nephew Prince Harry’s protocol-shattering “Spare” memoir released in January — risks the Firm’s reputation, a source has told the Sun.

“Everyone close to him [Andrew] is telling him it’s a stupid idea and he should just forget it,” the insider said. …

The source said that the Duke of York feels that writing a tell-all “would give him the opportunity to fully explain his association with Jeffrey Epstein and the resulting fall-out.”

[Wasn’t that Randy Andy’s strategy when he did that BBC interview? How well did that work out? Maybe someone close to the disgraced Duke will have the courage to tell him that he’s an idiot and that his best strategy is to disappear altogether and enjoy the nice mansion. — Ed]