WEBVTT - Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: dodgy landlord?

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest news from the Australian Unclair Harvey with the

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<v Speaker 1>Front's afternoon headlines. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has some more explaining

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<v Speaker 1>to do. An investigation by the UK's National Audit Office

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<v Speaker 1>has found the former Prince charged his own staff to

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<v Speaker 1>rent cottages near his former home on the Windsor estate.

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<v Speaker 1>That's despite only paying so called peppercorn rent himself. The

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<v Speaker 1>former Prince Andrew was evicted from Royal Lodge, a mansion

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<v Speaker 1>on the Windsor estate where he lived for two decades,

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<v Speaker 1>by his brother, King Charles in February. That was after

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<v Speaker 1>renewed scrutiny of Andrew's long friendship with the convicted pedophile

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<v Speaker 1>Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew's the subject of a separate police investigation

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<v Speaker 1>into allegations he leaked sensitive information during his tenure as

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<v Speaker 1>the UK's Trade Envoy. He's consistently denied wrongdoing in relation

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<v Speaker 1>to his links with Epstein and the allegations of misconduct

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<v Speaker 1>in public office, and he's never been charged with a crime.

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<v Speaker 1>Mount Batten Windsor was spotted on a rare public outing

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<v Speaker 1>on Thursday local time near the Sandringham estate where he

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<v Speaker 1>now lives. With what appeared to be a large purple

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<v Speaker 1>bruise on his face. Some reports suggest it's related to

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<v Speaker 1>a medical condition. The National Audit Office investigation found Andrew

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<v Speaker 1>sublet three cottages on the grounds of Royal Lodge to

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<v Speaker 1>staff and continued to collect rent payments from them after

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<v Speaker 1>he left. The report also makes a number of other findings,

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<v Speaker 1>including that another Royal residence, Forest Lodge, the home of

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<v Speaker 1>Prince William and his wife Catherine, was repaired at a

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<v Speaker 1>cost of around seven hundred and fifty thousand Australian dollars

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<v Speaker 1>that was covered by the Crown Estate. The King's private

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<v Speaker 1>property holdings and finances. The couple pay nearly five hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and eighty thousand dollars in rent per annum to live

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<v Speaker 1>at the property. A full audit by the Public Accounts

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<v Speaker 1>Committee into the Crown's complex finances is expected to be

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<v Speaker 1>handed down later this year. Hero Akhmed al Ahmed has

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<v Speaker 1>tearfully denied he assaulted his father after being charged with

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<v Speaker 1>domestic violence offenses following an alleged altercation at the family's

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<v Speaker 1>home in Southwest Sydney in March.

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<v Speaker 2>Honestly, I'm very very I'm honest, innocent, and I am

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<v Speaker 2>an orbal guy and it's good for Bible to know

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<v Speaker 2>I never being violent guy. It's extortion and one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>percent it's baying back. That's what I'm gonna call it.

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<v Speaker 1>He was served a court attendance noticed by a New

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<v Speaker 1>South Wales police on Thursday to face charges of common

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<v Speaker 1>assault and stalking with intent to cause physical harm. He'll

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<v Speaker 1>appear before banks Down Local Court on July twenty nine.

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<v Speaker 1>Akhmed rose to prominence following the terror attack at Bondai

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<v Speaker 1>Beach on December fourteen. He was filmed charging down and

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<v Speaker 1>disarming gunman Sajid Akram. Ahmed was shot several times times

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<v Speaker 1>during the attack. Lend Lease has demanded Big four consulting

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<v Speaker 1>firm KPMG remove staff members embroiled in an alleged audit

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<v Speaker 1>scandal from its account. A whistleblower has alleged KPMG improperly

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<v Speaker 1>accessed confidential lend Lease information in order to drum up

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<v Speaker 1>new business with other clients. KPMG's dramas have been revealed

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<v Speaker 1>in a series of ripping exclusives for The Australian, which

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<v Speaker 1>you can check out now at The Australian dot com

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<v Speaker 1>dot au. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission also revealed

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<v Speaker 1>it's launched a formal probe into the alleged audit breaches.

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