fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months agoAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor charged massages to taxpayers while trade envoy, say reports
I thought it was wrong I'd said we mustn't pay it, but we ended up paying it anyway, a former civil servant told the BBC, referring to a claim that followed a visit to the Middle East. The source, who worked in the UK's trade department in the early 2000s and is now retired, said he was annoyed by Andrew's request to cover the cost of massage services, and refused. But he claimed he was overruled by senior colleagues.
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