Andrew's 'charming' life has launched inquiry into Royal 'mystery'

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has caused the Royal Family intense scrutiny with his range of scandals.

The former Prince and younger brother of King Charles, Andrew's lavish lifestyle and rubbing shoulders with elites including convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, is giving the family a bad name.

Royal expert Russell Myers writes for Mirror: "Royal Family’s finances have long been opaque and some arguably completely shrouded in mystery. The King’s disgraced brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has for the past two decades lived a charmed existence in a 30-room mansion, recently revealed as paying a ‘peppercorn’ rent after an initial outlay of £7.5million to live at the grand Royal Lodge in Windsor with a 75-year lease."

He adds: "All of this has been unwelcome attention on a family whose wealth runs into the billions."

"Following Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s spectacular fall from grace in the wake of his relationship with the late convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein being exposed, MPs broke rank in the House of Commons to demand answers as to how the former prince - who last month had his titles stripped from him by the King - afforded his luxury lifestyle.

"The Royal Family receives tens of millions of pounds each year from the Sovereign Grant and uses it to cover the cost of official duties, but this is not the King's only source of income.

The expert the notes: "A percentage of the profits made by the Crown Estate, a vast portfolio of land which is separate to the monarch's personal property (which again has been debated over centuries over just how such land and property has been acquired), makes up the Sovereign Grant."