Will Prince Andrew be called to face Parliament?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 22 October 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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The pressure is mounting on Parliament to scrutinise the housing arrangements of our Royal family after the times revealed this week Prince Andrew pays a mere peppercorn rent on Royal Lodge.
Could he be called before MPs to explain his finances? Does the tax payer still fund this disgraced Royal? And what is the nature of the relationship between Parliament and palace that makes them so unwilling to ask?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | Mr Speaker, given the revelations about Royal Lodge, does the primists agree that this house needs to properly scrutinise the Crown Estate to ensure taxpayers' interests are protected? |
| 0:25.4 | The Chancellor herself has said that the current arrangements are wrong, so will the Prime Minister support a select committee inquiry so all those involved can be called for evidence, including the current occupant. |
| 0:39.6 | Prime Minister. |
| 0:40.6 | Well, it's important in relation to all properties, Crown properties, that there is proper, a scrutiny. |
| 0:46.8 | I certainly support that. |
| 0:48.1 | The two words you do not hear in that question and the answer are Prince and Andrew. |
| 0:53.9 | But that is what the question is about. |
| 0:56.2 | Could he be called to give evidence? |
| 0:57.7 | Kirstama seems to think, yes, he can. |
| 1:00.9 | So will we really see Andrew before a select committee of MPs, |
| 1:05.0 | and where would that leave relations between the government and the palace? |
| 1:09.9 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:15.9 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:17.7 | It's John. |
| 1:18.5 | It's Emily. |
| 1:19.1 | It's Lewis. |
| 1:20.0 | And the great tradition in Parliament is you never discuss the royal family on the floor of the house. |
| 1:26.6 | And they didn't discuss the royal family on the floor of the house. And they didn't discuss the royal family on the floor. |
| 1:29.8 | Yeah, completely. |
| 1:31.0 | Completely. |
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