{"id":520405,"date":"2025-10-22T19:50:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/520405\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T19:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:50:25","slug":"uk-premier-supports-investigation-into-prince-andrews-housing-arrangement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/520405\/","title":{"rendered":"UK premier supports investigation into Prince Andrew\u2019s housing arrangement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LONDON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey raised questions Wednesday about Prince Andrew\u2019s housing situation following revelations he pays a \u201cpeppercorn rent\u201d for his mansion at Royal Lodge in Windsor.<\/p>\n<p>Davey pressed the government to back an inquiry into Andrew\u2019s mansion deal in Windsor during the prime minister&#8217;s questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the revelations about Royal Lodge, does the prime minister agree that this House needs to properly scrutinize the Crown Estate to ensure taxpayers&#8217; interests are protected?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe chancellor herself has said that the current arrangements are wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, will the prime minister support a select committee inquiry so all those involved can be called for evidence, including the current occupant?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, \u201cWell, it&#8217;s important in relation to all properties, crown properties, that there is proper scrutiny, I certainly support that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davey responded: \u201cI hope the House can look at this properly and all people can be summoned to the relevant committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrew, 65, withdrew from royal duties in 2019 after his connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became public. In 2022, he settled a civil lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, an American who accused Epstein of trafficking her to Andrew when she was 17.<\/p>\n<p>Giuffre died earlier this year, and her forthcoming posthumous memoir reportedly includes new claims involving Andrew.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew has consistently denied the allegations, and the settlement included no admission of liability.<\/p>\n<p>The prince resides at Royal Lodge, a Crown Estate property near Windsor. Analysts have said the controversy threatens to remain a reputational burden for the royal family and the government unless parliament takes action.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey raised questions Wednesday about Prince Andrew\u2019s housing situation following revelations he pays&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5340,11858,2204,2205,5105,7710,519,448,1431],"class_list":{"0":"post-520405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-ed-davey","10":"tag-jeffrey-epstein","11":"tag-prince-andrew","12":"tag-royal","13":"tag-royal-families","14":"tag-royal-family","15":"tag-royals","16":"tag-virginia-giuffre"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115419560393125262","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}