Watchdog says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor earned up to £2,000 a month from subletting cottages

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UPI, Sky News and BBC News report that Britain's Public Accounts Committee found Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor earned up to about £2,000 a month from renting out three cottages in the grounds of Royal Lodge, where he lived rent-free. The committee said it could not calculate a total for the 20-plus years he lived there, because some cottages were not always let. The Crown Estate told the committee it had no way of knowing the sums involved and that the lease did not prohibit subletting. The committee has recommended that future leases ban subletting unless the landlord agrees. According to BBC News, Andrew left Royal Lodge in February after revelations about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, and he has consistently denied wrongdoing related to Epstein.

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The watchdog's Public Accounts Committee put Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's subletting income at up to about £2,000 a month from three cottages.
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The committee could not calculate a total amount earned over the years Andrew lived at Royal Lodge.
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The subletting income went to Andrew rather than to the Crown Estate, his landlord.
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The committee recommended that future royal leases ban subletting unless the landlord agrees.
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The Crown Estate said it had no way of knowing the sums involved and that its lease did not prohibit subletting.
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Andrew left Royal Lodge in February after revelations about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, and he denies any wrongdoing relating to Epstein.
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Did Andrew earn more than £2,000 a month from subletting?
Sky News reports more than £2,000 a month, while BBC News and UPI report up to about £2,000 a month (UPI as as much as $2,678), according to the watchdog.

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All three outlets report that a watchdog found Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor earned up to about £2,000 a month from subletting cottages. Sky reports more than £2,000, UPI gives dollars, and BBC stresses the income went to Andrew rather than the Crown Estate.

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Headlines state the watchdog's finding directly, with Sky and BBC giving pounds and UPI dollars, and the BBC stressing that the income went to Andrew rather than the Crown Estate.
Andrew received up to £2,000 per month from sub-letting, watchdog reports
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watchdog finding on subletting income
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recommended ban on future subletting

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Ex-Prince Andrew 'earned $2.7K a month' from subletting royal cottages
Britain's spending watchdog said Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor earned as much as $2,678 a month from renting out three cottages in Windsor Great Park.
1 hr agoRead at United Press International (opens in a new tab)
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Andrew made more than £2,000 a month subletting Royal Lodge cottages
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received more than £2,000 a month from renting out three cottages at his former Royal Lodge home, a report by the public spending watchdog has revealed.
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Andrew received up to £2,000 per month from sub-letting, watchdog reports
The income went to the former prince rather than his landlord the Crown Estate.
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Watchdog says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor earned up to £2,000 a month from subletting cottages

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Ex-Prince Andrew 'earned $2.7K a month' from subletting royal cottages

Andrew made more than £2,000 a month subletting Royal Lodge cottages

Andrew received up to £2,000 per month from sub-letting, watchdog reports

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