A Commons committee is to launch an inquiry into the Crown Estate following questions over its lease of Royal Lodge to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Andrew could be entitled to £488,342.21 compensation for giving up the mansion in Windsor Great Park although the Crown Estate believes he will not receive a penny due to the state of the property.

The Crown Estate also provided MPs with details of other properties occupied by senior royals, including the Prince and Princess of Wales’ new home Forest Lodge, which was leased on “appropriate market terms”.

William and Kate will pay an “open market rent” during a 20-year common law tenancy on the property.

Meanwhile, Andrew paid a peppercorn rent for the 30-room Royal Lodge which he agreed to leave amid the furore over his friendship with convi

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