A former chair of the Public Accounts Committee has said it is “very concerning” it has not been established how much cash Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was able to pocket when subletting cottages at his former Royal Lodge estate11:12, 05 Jun 2026Updated 11:12, 05 Jun 2026Disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been urged to reveal how much money he pocketed after it was revealed he was able to sublet cottages at Royal Lodge for more than 20 years - and keep the money for himself.The deal, which allowed the former Duke of York to make money by renting out three cottages at his former Windsor home, which he barely paid rent on and is part of the Crown Estate, has been shrouded in mystery, which one former minister said was ‘shocking’.The arrangement came to light in a report released yesterday by the National Audit Office (NAO), which was instructed to look at the Royal Family and its property arrangements.It came after the Public Accounts Committee, which ensures taxpayers are getting value for money, launched an enquiry into the Crown Estate and its property arrangements with the royals after it emerged Mountbatten-Windsor, who was pictured yesterday with what appeared to be a large bruise on his face, had barely been paying rent for Royal Lodge. Profits from the Crown Estate are given to the Treasury for public spending.When he was stripped of all of his titles in October by the King after revelations about his association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, he was also forced to surrender his lease for Royal Lodge. He now lives at the much smaller Marsh Farm in Sandringham.Now the former chairwoman of the Public Accounts Committee, Baroness Margaret Hodge said she was “very concerned” the National Audit Office was “not able to find how much money was being secured by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from letting the properties”. The Labour peer, chairwoman of the committee from 2010 to 2015, said: “We all want a royal family to continue to be respected, valued, and treasured."I want a royal family, but in a modern era that does require proper transparency and accountability. It’s shocking that the National Audit Office was not able to establish how much money Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor secured from the properties he let.”In the report, there is no clarification on how much money the ex-prince made from subletting or how long they were sublet for, as the deals between the ex-prince and his tenants were described as ‘private’. A royal source insisted Andrew was subletting the cottages to staff at a rate to cover maintenance costs for the Royal Lodge estate.But royal expert Jennie Bond believes figures on what Mountbatten-Windsor must be made public - and the palace should force Andrew to come clean. She told the Mirror: “It’s obvious to me that the Palace now need to require Andrew to reveal how much he earned from subletting and how much was spent on the running costs and maintenance of the three properties. Was there a profit? If so, why was he allowed to keep it?“The Palace insist they do not speak for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, and royal sources have gone out of their way to say the properties were used by staff or retired staff and that the rental arrangement was a private one between Andrew and his tenants. Well, the time for ‘private’ has passed. So, let’s see the figures.”Other findings by the National Audit Office include the revelation that the King foots the bill for Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie’s accommodation in royal palaces despite both Andrew’s daughters being non-working royals. It had been believed that the ex-prince’s daughters paid market rent for their London homes, with Beatrice having an apartment in St James’ Palace and Eugenie having a cottage within the Kensington Palace grounds.It is understood the arrangement for the Privy Purse, the King’s private money, to pay the York sisters’ rent was put in place by the late Queen. Both women hold down jobs, with Beatrice married to millionaire property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and the couple also having a luxury home in the Cotswolds, thought to be worth £3.5million.Eugenie, who is married to Jack Brooksbank, who works in sales for a luxury development in Portugal, splits her time between London and a home in Portugal. And Jennie added: “As for Beatrice and Eugenie , I’ve no doubt that it’s because the King has a great affection for them that he has continued his mother‘s arrangement of paying their rent."But with their parents now so disgraced, the optics of these women living rent-free in Royal Palaces are damaging. Personally, I can’t understand why two grown women with careers of their own, wealthy husbands and luxurious houses elsewhere need to have their rent paid by their uncle. I suspect this arrangement will end in the foreseeable future, probably with an announcement that the Princesses have decided voluntarily to give up their Palace accommodation.”Article continues below