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Fresh allegations have emerged about the personal conduct of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly the Duke of York, with former civil servants claiming he billed the tax-payer for “massage services” while serving as the UK’s special representative for international trade and investment. The claims relate to his time in the role between 2001 and 2011 and have been reported by several news outlets, with one former official saying they initially refused to approve a massage-related expense during an overseas trip but were overruled by more senior colleagues.
According to the accounts, the alleged massage expense was part of a wider pattern of spending that staff found difficult to challenge, with whistle-blowers describing a culture in which costs were rarely scrutinised and were sometimes spread across different budgets, making overall oversight harder.
Mountbatten-Windsor has yet to respond to the latest allegations made against him.