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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Oct 9
King Charles Pays Andrew's £1.5 Million Royal Lodge Bill as Crown Estate Closes Lease
Updated
Updated · bbc.co.uk · Oct 9

King Charles Pays Andrew's £1.5 Million Royal Lodge Bill as Crown Estate Closes Lease

3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Oct 9

Summary

  • A net £1.5 million has been paid to the Crown Estate after King Charles used private income to settle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's dilapidations bill on Royal Lodge.
  • The total penalty was £1.8 million, reduced by about £300,000 that Andrew was due for surrendering his 75-year lease early within its first 25 years.
  • The Crown Estate said it paid Andrew nothing at the end of the lease and received the full net amount owed as the tenancy formally ended in October.
  • Andrew left Royal Lodge in February amid renewed scrutiny over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, later moving to Sandringham with the King covering his upkeep and accommodation.
  • The 30-room Windsor mansion has no new royal occupant planned, and the Crown Estate says it will now seek a commercial use that generates value for the nation.

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