Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been urged to pay back an “outrageous” rental income after an investigation revealed that the former prince sublet three cottages at his Royal Lodge estate.
The former Duke of York received the rental money while paying only a “peppercorn” rent for his own 30-room mansion on the Windsor estate for more than two decades.
Mountbatten-Windsor’s status as a landlord emerged from a National Audit Office report into royal residential arrangements following controversy over his Crown Estate lease.
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Other findings by the public spending watchdog include the revelation that King Charles foots the bill for Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s accommodation in royal palaces – despite both being non-working royals.
