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Did Andrew Commit Treason?

A bonus episode of The Lownie Report podcast looking at the intelligence report and asking why there have been resignations at Charles's King's Foundation.

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It’s been another non-stop week in what has now been months of astonishing revelations, and this special bonus episode takes a further look at what the intelligence report I revealed this week tells us about Andrew’s motivations, and the vulnerabilities that foreign secret services were able to take advantage of.

I also look at the intriguing news that there have been multiple resignations from Charles’s King’s Foundation, and why this might augur bad news in the coming weeks, and how it looks a little like people abandoning a sinking ship.

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Are there echoes of the Pitch@Palace fiasco? Did the funding of Dumfries House cross ethical boundaries? I discuss how a friend of mine who served in MI6 visited the Scottish mansion recently and was surprised to see so many names in the donors’ book that raised alarm bells.

The episode also looks at the Yorks’ wider history with charities. We discuss Eugenie’s anti-slavery charity, the amounts raised, what the money is spent on, and the ways in which Sarah Ferguson and Andrew in the past have spent charity money in questionable ways. Indeed, Andrew had to pay back huge sums that he had paid to Amanda Thirsk due to charity rules that had been breached by such payments.

We cover the critical question of the revolving door between the government, monarchy, military and the intelligence services, and how this has helped to protect the Royal Family and allowed them to entirely avoid scrutiny.

Finally, we look at the long and murky history of royal servants, money-making, and how royal gifts are still ambiguous, despite the supposed checks and balances meant to be provided by the Royal Gifts Register.

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