‘BREAKING THE LAW’ Greedy Prince Andrew’s ‘ILLEGAL’ dodgy deals could bring down monarchy – he must be held to account, expert slams
Scandal-hit Andrew had stepped away from the Pitch@Palace scheme, which matched entrepreneurs with investors, after his “car crash” Newsnight interview over links to dead paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Mr Baker fumed: “Pitch@Palace was setup – and people engaged in that, companies, individuals, because they wanted to help start up businesses.
“They wanted to make sure entrepreneurs were assisted. They wanted to make sure the UK benefited as a country.
“It didn’t join up to give Andrew a source of private income.
“It was seen as a government, a public initiative. Buckingham Palace was used for this purpose.”
He added: “We can’t trust Prince Andrew and we haven’t been able to trust him for about 20 years, back to the time he was Britain’s Trade Envoy.
“It’s very clear from his engagements in that time – he was acting not for Britain, he was acting for himself.
“He was doing private deals on the side, getting commission from dodgy dictators for particular activities at that stage.”