{
  "id": 13153555,
  "title": "King Charles paid Andrew’s £1.5mil repair bill for former Windsor mansion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/king-charles-paid-andrews-1-5mil-repair-bill-for-former-windsor",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-09T15:46:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/10/09/king-charles-paid-andrew-s-1-5mil-repair-bill-for-former-windsor-mansion"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "King Charles III has privately loaned his disgraced brother Andrew, known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, £1.5 million to cover repair costs for the Royal Lodge in Windsor, according to a source familiar with the matter. The king removed Andrew from the Royal Lodge last year due to his connections to the late Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender. Following Andrew's departure, he paid £1.8 million to repair the property, receiving a compensation of £302,000 for ending his lease, resulting in a £1.5 million total due to the Crown Estate. The Crown Estate, which manages royal properties, stated that Andrew paid the funds from his private income, which is separate from government-provided funding that can only be used for official royal business. Andrew, 66, had previously paid a £1 million premium to lease the Royal Lodge in 2003, committing to spend £7.5 million on renovations to secure the 75-year lease. The National Audit Office revealed that Andrew earned a private income of over £2 million from subletting three cottages on the Royal Lodge's grounds this summer. Police conducted a search at the Royal Lodge in February amid an investigation into Andrew's alleged misconduct in office related to Epstein. Andrew has denied all wrongdoing in his ties to the disgraced financier. He recently won a legal challenge against police over the search warrants as they were deemed unlawful.",
  "summary": "King Charles last year ousted the former prince, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, from the Royal Lodge on the Windsor estate near London over his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "UK’s ex-prince Andrew gets US$399,000 compensation on his mansion lease",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/uks-ex-prince-andrew-gets-us-399-000-compensation-on-his-mansion-lease",
        "published": "2026-10-09T11:40:43.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Former Prince Andrew receives £302,000 for surrendering royal lease",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/former-prince-andrew-receives-302-000-for-surrendering-royal-lease",
        "published": "2026-10-09T15:10:05.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "King Charles paid Andrew’s £1.5mil repair bill for former Windsor mansion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/king-charles-paid-andrews-1-5mil-repair-bill-for-former-windsor-13154754",
        "published": "2026-10-09T15:46:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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