Former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsorused to reportedly charge taxpayers for massages and excessive travel costs.
According to a report by The Telegraph, retired civil servants have alleged the former Duke of York’s trips and expenses were given a “rubber stamp" by officials during his time as trade envoy from 2001 to 2011.
This comes after Andrew became the first member of the Royal family in modern history to be arrested following the release of the Epstein files.
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He was detained on his 66th birthday over alleged misconduct in public office. He has been accused of sharing confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein while serving as trade envoy.
BBC quoted a former civil servant, who worked in the UK’s trade department in the early 2000s, had been so annoyed by Andrew’s request to cover the cost of “massage services" that he’d refused to pay it, but said he was overruled by senior staff.
“I thought it was wrong… I’d said we mustn’t pay it, but we ended up paying it anyway," he told the BBC, about a claim that followed a visit by Andrew to the Middle East.
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He further said that he regretted that Andrew was allowed to get away with expenses for a massage. “I can’t say it would have stopped him, but we should have flagged that something was wrong," he said.
Another former senior Whitehall official, who oversaw finances in this area, had seen similar expenses for Andrew’s trips and says he has “absolutely no doubt" about its authenticity, BBC reported.
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