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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of King Charles and previously stripped of his title over ties to Jeffrey Epstein, received £302,000 in compensation when he ended his lease early on Royal Lodge. This reduced the £1.8 million repair costs to £1.5 million. The Crown Estate, which manages royal properties, reported the settlement while acknowledging that an investigation into Mountbatten-Windsor continues despite earlier search warrants being quashed due to legal issues.
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Prince Andrew, younger brother of King Charles, received £302,000 in compensation after surrendering his lease on the Royal Lodge estate early. The Crown Estate originally stated it was unlikely Andrew would receive any compensation given repair and restoration costs. However, under terms of his lease, he surrendered it within 25 years, entitling him to the payment. Andrew paid £1.8 million for repairs but received £302,000 in compensation, reducing his bill to £1.5 million. King Charles privately funded this remaining amount using his private income, covering what Andrew owed on leaving Royal Lodge. The decision to surrender the lease was prompted by public outcry over revelations of Andrew's ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and subsequent legal issues surrounding these connections.
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UK's Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor benefits from £302,000 compensation on his mansion lease
LONDON, Oct 9 -
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Windsor → benefit → lease
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of Britain's King Charles, has benefited from £302,000 in compensation after he was forced to end his mansion lease early over revelations about his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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he → benefit → offender
Last year, Charles stripped Mountbatten-Windsor of his title of prince and forced him out of his Windsor home, as the royal family sought distance from the Epstein scandal.
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family → strip → scandal
Mountbatten-Windsor was later arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
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Windsor → arrest → office
He has denied any wrongdoing.
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He → deny → wrongdoing
Britain's Crown Estate, which manages King Charles' public property, said on Friday that Mountbatten-Windsor had surrendered the lease on Royal Lodge more than 50 years early, entitling him to £302,000 in compensation.
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Windsor → manage → compensation
Under the terms of the lease, Mountbatten-Windsor also paid £1.8 million to fund repairs needed on the property, but the compensation reduced that bill to £1.5 million, the Crown Estate said in a statement.
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Estate → pay → statement
Andrew had already spent £7.5 million on refurbishing the 30-room property when he first moved in over 20 years ago.
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he → spend → property
"The lease for Royal Lodge has ended and our focus now is firmly on its future use and the opportunities to generate additional financial value for the nation from its early return," a spokesperson for The Crown Estate said.
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spokesperson → end → Estate
British police on Thursday said warrants they secured to search properties linked to Mountbatten-Windsor had been issued unlawfully and must be quashed, but added that their investigation following his arrest was ongoing.
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investigation → say → arrest
Mountbatten-Windsor, the second son of the late Queen Elizabeth, has always denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, and said he regrets their friendship.
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he → deny → friendship
Amid heightened scrutiny of royal finances, a Buckingham Palace source said this week that the former prince had been told that money provided from private funds by the king should not be used to fund his legal challenge.
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money → heighten → challenge
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