Former Prince Andrew Charged Taxpayers For Massage Services, Travel: Report

Last Updated:February 23, 2026, 18:39 IST

Ex-Prince Andrew allegedly billed taxpayers for massages and travel as trade envoy; expenses were approved by officials. He was arrested after Epstein files.

Former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor used to reportedly charge taxpayers for massages and excessive travel costs.

According to a report by The Telegraph, retired civil servants have alleged the former Duke of York’s trips and expenses were given a “rubber stamp" by officials during his time as trade envoy from 2001 to 2011.

This comes after Andrew became the first member of the Royal family in modern history to be arrested following the release of the Epstein files.

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He was detained on his 66th birthday over alleged misconduct in public office. He has been accused of sharing confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein while serving as trade envoy.

BBC quoted a former civil servant, who worked in the UK’s trade department in the early 2000s, had been so annoyed by Andrew’s request to cover the cost of “massage services" that he’d refused to pay it, but said he was overruled by senior staff.

“I thought it was wrong… I’d said we mustn’t pay it, but we ended up paying it anyway," he told the BBC, about a claim that followed a visit by Andrew to the Middle East.

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He further said that he regretted that Andrew was allowed to get away with expenses for a massage. “I can’t say it would have stopped him, but we should have flagged that something was wrong," he said.

Another former senior Whitehall official, who oversaw finances in this area, had seen similar expenses for Andrew’s trips and says he has “absolutely no doubt" about its authenticity, BBC reported.

“I couldn’t believe it… it was like it wasn’t real money, they weren’t spending any of their own money,"the official said.

He added that the costs disappeared into different budgets, which made it hard to trace, and there was little certainty over who had been in Andrew’s entourage.

He pointed out that cheques on Andrew’s trips were given a “rubber stamp".

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