- A Public Accounts Committee report has revealed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received more than £2,000 a month from subletting three cottages on his former Royal Lodge estate, despite paying a peppercorn rent himself.
- The report noted that Mountbatten-Windsor sublet one cottage at below market rates to a royal household employee for most of his 22-year tenancy prior to being ousted from Royal Lodge over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
- Details of the subletting income were disclosed by James Chalmers, Keeper of the Privy Purse, with Mountbatten-Windsor's agreement, though the overall total received over the two decades remains uncalculated.
- The cross-party committee of MPs recommended that the Crown Estate adopt standard commercial provisions to prohibit subletting in all future leases unless prior landlord approval is granted.
- The committee also called on the Royal Household to establish a consistent rental policy after revealing that Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie paid rents below current open market values based on outdated valuations.
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