Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor eligible to claim state pension in update | Royal | News
The disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will be eligible to receive his £7,000-a-year state pension from tomorrow, when he turns 66 when he officially becomes an old-age pensioner. Members of the Royal Family are generally not allowed to benefit from taxpayer-funded aid; but he paid National Insurance Contributions while serving in the Royal Navy.
As reported SunRoyal expert Phil Dampier said: “If Andrew wants to do the right thing and take steps to improve his reputation, then he would do well to donate his state pension to charity, perhaps even Eugenie’s charity, the Anti-Slavery Collective, which fights modern slavery and human trafficking.”
King Charles has been eligible for a pension for years but is donating his pension to Age UK, a charity that helps promote wellbeing and independence.
Andrew’s links to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have faced further scrutiny with the release of millions of pages of documents and images by the US Department of Justice. Epstein died in his New York jail cell on August 10, 2019, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has previously said: “On the issue of giving evidence, I have always said that anyone with information should be prepared to share that information as they are asked. You cannot be victim-centred if you are not prepared to do that.”
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The former Duke of York served as UK trade ambassador between 2001 and 2011. In this role, he traveled globally and enjoyed privileged access to high-level government and business contacts around the world.
The presence of his name in the Epstein files is not an indication of malfeasance. Andrew has previously vehemently denied any wrongdoing in his dealings with Epstein and has also rejected the suggestion that he used his time as a trade envoy to further his own interests.
