MPs will meet on Tuesday to discuss the former prince, as it emerged he pestered ministers for a bigger government role
An influential committee of MPs could launch an inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s role as a UK trade envoy despite his arrest, it is understood, as it emerged that the disgraced former royal pestered ministers about getting a bigger government role.
After his arrest on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the cross-party business and trade committee said it would meet next Tuesday to discuss a possible investigation into the role he held from 2001 to 2011.
The decade-long spell as what was formally titled the UK’s special representative for international trade and investment ended after a series of controversies, including his links to figures from repressive regimes and a personal style seen as brusque, as well as his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
According to one senior figure who dealt with Mountbatten-Windsor during his role with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), responsibility for which crossed between the Foreign Office and the business department, he personally asked ministers for a more significant job on multiple occasions.
