Gordon Brown Questioned Prince Andrew's 'Unacceptable Costs' as Trade Envoy

Gordon Brown says he queried Andrew’s ‘unacceptable costs’ as trade envoy

Brown calls for police to look into former prince’s use of public funds as he says he had colleague raise issue in 2008 Gordon Brown has revealed he ordered that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor be questioned about incurring “unacceptable costs” as a trade envoy in 2008, as he called for the police to widen their inquiry to include the use of public funds. The former prime minister said he asked a colleague from the business department to question Mountbatten-Windsor about his travel expenses. Con...

By Rowena Mason Whitehall editor