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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

York MP calls on royal family to explain source of 12m Virginia Giuffre payment

MP Rachael Maskell demands the royal family explain how Prince Andrew funded the reported 12m settlement to Virginia Giuffre in 2022.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

King made more than 1m selling land for leg of HS2 that was scrapped

The Duchy of Lancaster negotiated payments totalling 1,132,400 by selling land for road works near a proposed hub station in Crewe, Cheshire in a deal that has emerged despite the organisation's assertion that it is completely self-financing and does not rely on taxpayers' money. The duchy which has been controlled by reigning monarchs since medieval times and exists to provide them with a private income acquired a sprawling, 1,400-hectare (3,450-acre) estate set around the Jacobean mansion of Crewe Hall in 1936.
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