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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

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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