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LONDON: Britain’s disgraced former prince Andrew earned a private income from subletting cottages while paying a symbolic “peppercorn rent” for a mansion for over two decades, government auditors revealed on Friday.
The report into the royal family’s residences was sparked by controversy over Andrew’s living arrangements following his banishment from public life for his ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and shines new light on the royal family’s finances.
King Charles III’s younger brother, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after being stripped of his titles last year, lived until recently in the Royal Lodge on the royal family’s Windsor estate near London.
While living rent-free in a 30-room house, Andrew pocketed proceeds from subletting three cottages on its large grounds, a report on royal property income by the National Audit Office (NAO) revealed.
