{"id":2308699,"date":"2026-03-02T17:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2308699"},"modified":"2026-03-02T17:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:33:16","slug":"taxpayers-should-not-have-to-pay-for-andrew-mountbatten-windsors-massages-monarchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taxpayers-should-not-have-to-pay-for-andrew-mountbatten-windsors-massages-monarchy\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxpayers should not have to pay for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s massages | Monarchy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Public trust depends on rigorous oversight of how taxpayer money is spent. When publicly funded institutions allow office holders to charge personal services to expenses, it raises serious questions about accountability and public office. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor charging his massage services on expenses while a trade envoy is utterly shocking (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/feb\/23\/former-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-charged-massages-taxpayers-uk-trade-envoy\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Report, 23 February<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Clear rules, full transparency and repayment, plus punishments for malfeasance where costs fall outside the public interest, are essential to maintaining any basic minimum of confidence in the working of the state. Taxpayers should not bear the burden of private benefits, and institutions that rely on public funding should lead by example in rectifying and calling back questionable expenditures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">So how much will the crown estate reimburse the British taxpaying public for this abuse of the public purse?<br \/><strong>Dan Owen<\/strong><br \/><em>Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> The royal family is a slap in the face to every hardworking family struggling to make ends meet. It\u2019s time to abolish the monarchy, impose a major wealth tax on their personal fortunes, sell the estates and put the money to good use. Reparations for Indigenous people in the former colonies would be a good start.<br \/><strong>Katheryne Schulz<br \/><\/strong><em>Toronto, Ontario, Canada<\/em><\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> To paraphrase Martin Luther King\u2019s famous phrase in his \u201cI have a dream\u201d speech, judge not the Windsors by the colour of their blood but by the content of their character.<br \/><strong>Bernard Harper <\/strong><br \/><em>South Kirkby, West Yorkshire<\/em><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.theguardian.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public trust depends on rigorous oversight of how taxpayer money is spent. When publicly funded institutions allow office holders to charge personal services to expenses, it raises serious questions about accountability and public office. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor charging his massage services on expenses while a trade envoy is utterly shocking (Report, 23 February). 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