Andrew ordered a review into his trade role. It boosted his taxpayer-funded expenses

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor commissioned a glowing report into his role as trade envoy that prompted a boost to his taxpayer-funded expenses, The i Paper can reveal.

The former prince served as the UK’s special representative for international trade and investment from 2001 to 2011 in what was an unpaid role but with his travel and related expenses, plus staffing costs, funded by the government.

Now, The i Paper can reveal that Mountbatten-Windsor commissioned an “independent strategic review” of his role in early 2008, which found that he was “highly valuable UK asset” and led to an increase in taxpayer funding.

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Details of the review were found in a contract listed in the Epstein files from when Andrew’s office was expanded in June 2009, and Philip Yea, the former chief executive of 3i Group plc, was hired to work with the royal as a senior business adviser.