UK releases files on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's appointment as trade envoy, finds no evidence of vetting
The British government on Thursday published historic documents on the 2001 appointment of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, saying it found no evidence that formal due diligence or security vetting was carried out at the time.
The government agreed to release the documents after an opposition party used a rare parliamentary device to request the publication of files about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's appointment as a government trade representative.
Mountbatten-Windsor, the second son of the late Queen Elizabeth, served as the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment between 2001 to 2011 in a role that allowed him to travel the world meeting senior business and government figures in the unpaid role.
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