Former Prince Andrew allegedly used taxpayer funds to pay for massage services

Civil servants who worked with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in the early 2000s now allege the former prince gave taxpayers massages during his lavish spending spree while working as Britain’s trade envoy.

“I thought it was wrong… I said we shouldn’t pay, but we paid anyway,” said a civil servant in the commerce department. BBC.

The person, who chose to speak anonymously, claimed he refused to pay the bill for “massage services” but was overruled by senior staff.

The former civil servant said he regretted being allowed to use taxpayers’ money to fund Andrew’s massage habit.

“I wouldn’t say it would have stopped him, but we should have flagged that something was wrong,” the now-retired officer said.

Another source, who works as a senior Whitehall official, also claimed to have witnessed Andrew’s lavish spending. According to the civil servant, Andrew would spend lavishly on excessive flights, an unreasonable number of hotel rooms and more to accommodate his entourage. “I couldn’t believe it…it wasn’t like it was real money, they weren’t spending their own money,” he said.

The officer said the expenses were not recorded properly and warned senior officials to turn a blind eye. He explained that Andrew’s checks were not reviewed but were instead given a “rubber stamp.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to Andrew and a representative from the Department of Business and Commerce for comment.

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Former Prince Andrew was released hours after his arrest on February 19. (Reuters)

Authorities arrested Andrew On February 19 on suspicion of abuse of public office. The former prince remained in custody for approximately 10 hours before being released.

Andrew was photographed in the backseat of a car as he arrived home to Wood Farm, where he was staying temporarily after being kicked out of the Royal Lodge.

Former Prince Andrew is accused of sharing confidential business information with Jeffrey Epstein. Emails released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as part of the Epstein files show Andrew sharing official business visit reports with the disgraced financier.

Prince Andrew accused of sharing confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein while serving as UK trade envoy (Steve Parsons/Getty Images)

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Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

Emails released as part of the Epstein files show Andrew sharing reports of his official visits to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore.

It turned out that an email dated November 2010 was forwarded by Andrew five minutes after he received it. In another, on Christmas Eve 2010, he appeared to have sent a secret briefing to Epstein about investment opportunities in the reconstruction of Afghanistan’s Helmand Province.

Other police forces across the UK are also carrying out their own investigations. Andrew’s ties to Epstein. The Metropolitan Police is investigating allegations that London airports may have been used to facilitate human trafficking and sexual exploitation, Fox News Digital confirmed on Friday.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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