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News · 29 April 2026

Brown Reveals He Questioned Andrew Over RAF Travel Costs

Brown Reveals He Questioned Andrew Over RAF Travel Costs

Cpl. Mark Nesbit via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

Public money used by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as a trade envoy faces wider police scrutiny, as Gordon Brown has called for an expanded investigation. The former prime minister revealed he ordered a business department minister to question Mountbatten-Windsor during his time in office about unacceptable travel costs. Mountbatten-Windsor regularly used RAF flights and reportedly questioned why he should have to use commercial airlines.

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