Prince Andrew: Paperwork relating to Duke of York's past business dealings 'has vanished', author claims

Government departments are doing 'anything to avoid' sharing information about Prince Andrew's past business dealings. The claim comes from author Andrew Lownie who's been working for four years on a new book about the Duke of York. He has submitted over a hundred requests to Whitehall departments only to find that information 'has vanished'.

Growing call for accountability Former chair of the public accounts committee between 2010 and 2015, Baroness Margaret Hodge, has joined calls for less secrecy generally around the royal finances. She told me: 'I find it really difficult to believe that the departments for whom Prince Andrew had contact when he was an envoy have not got the records. 'They will have those records, they obviously just don't want to share them. And that really says it all.

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