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Royal Scandal: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Leaks Treasury Briefing

2/13/2026

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor forwarded a confidential Treasury briefing to a banker friend, The Telegraph reports.
In February 2010, Mountbatten-Windsor instructed Amanda Thirsk to obtain an internal memo on the Icelandic financial crisis.
The request arose amid a dispute between Britain and Iceland over losses from the 2008 banking crisis.
Amanda Thirsk contacted Michael Ellam, the Treasury’s director general, to secure an update.
A week later, she sent the briefing to Mountbatten-Windsor.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor forwarded a confidential Treasury briefing to a banker friend, The Telegraph reports.
In February 2010, Mountbatten-Windsor instructed Amanda Thirsk to obtain an internal memo on the Icelandic financial crisis.
The request arose amid a dispute between Britain and Iceland over losses from the 2008 banking crisis.
Amanda Thirsk contacted Michael Ellam, the Treasury’s director general, to secure an update.
A week later, she sent the briefing to Mountbatten-Windsor.