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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Shuts Down Controversial Start-Up Amid Scandals

1/31/2026

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly the Duke of York, will close his start-up Pitch@Palace, which aimed to support young entrepreneurs.
Pitch@Palace will be struck off from Companies House on February 3 after a decline in finances and controversies tied to Epstein and a Chinese spy.
Mountbatten-Windsor has faced ongoing sexual abuse allegations related to Virginia Giuffre, which he denies.
He is relocating from Royal Lodge to the King's Sandringham estate this year.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly the Duke of York, will close his start-up Pitch@Palace, which aimed to support young entrepreneurs.
Pitch@Palace will be struck off from Companies House on February 3 after a decline in finances and controversies tied to Epstein and a Chinese spy.
Mountbatten-Windsor has faced ongoing sexual abuse allegations related to Virginia Giuffre, which he denies.
He is relocating from Royal Lodge to the King's Sandringham estate this year.