Andrew received up to £2,000 per month from sub-letting, watchdog reports

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was receiving up to £2,000 per month for sub-letting three cottages at his former home at Royal Lodge, when he didn't have to pay any rent himself, according to the public spending watchdog. MPs on the committee have recommended that in future such leases should prohibit sub-letting, unless specifically agreed with the landlord.

Mountbatten-Windsor left his Royal Lodge home in Windsor in February, in the wake of revelations about his connections to the US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Public Accounts Committee has examined the leases on such royal properties as part of a wider inquiry into the management of the Crown Estate, which is an independent property company that pays its profits to the Treasury.

Mountbatten-Windsor had taken on a 75-year lease for Royal Lodge in 2003 and had paid about £7.5m towards its renovation and other charges, which meant that he did not have to pay rent.