Mega Edition: Prince Andrew Loved To Travel. Especially When He Wasn't Paying. (8/14/26)

Prince Andrew developed such a reputation for expensive official travel that he was nicknamed “Air Miles Andy,” with taxpayers frequently picking up the cost of flights, accommodation and other expenses connected to his public duties and his role as Britain’s special representative for international trade and investment. One of the clearest examples came in 2019, when Andrew used a private jet to attend a golf tournament in Northern Ireland at a cost of roughly £16,000, or about $20,000 at the time, despite numerous scheduled commercial flights being available. Palace officials defended the charter as necessary to accommodate his schedule, but the trip reinforced long-running criticism that Andrew had become far too comfortable using public money to travel in luxury. His travel spending had been controversial for years, and internal records later showed that a review of his trade-envoy role helped secure increased government funding for his overseas activities even as questions were being raised about whether some official trips appeared to overlap with luxury destinations and golf.


That scrutiny became even more significant when looking at Andrew’s travel to New Mexico while he was serving as Britain’s trade envoy. Andrew made an official trip to the state that included contact with then-Governor Bill Richardson, while evidence and later witness accounts placed him at Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch during visits to New Mexico. Investigators in New Mexico are now examining Andrew’s reported stays at the ranch and questioning former employees about what he did there, how long he stayed and who was present. The unanswered question is whether Andrew’s taxpayer-supported official travel effectively brought him into proximity with Epstein’s private world and whether parts of trips presented as government business overlapped with personal visits to Epstein. That distinction matters because Andrew’s trade position came with publicly funded travel and expenses, meaning any blending of official duties with private time at Epstein’s ranch would raise serious questions about whether British taxpayers were indirectly subsidizing travel that benefited Andrew personally.


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