According to the National Audit Office the house was leased to Mountbatten Windsor, then Duke of York, for 75 years on the understanding he would fund a £7.5 million renovation programme, pay a £1 million premium to the Crown Estate, which owns the property, as well as an unspecified peppercorn rent which could be as little as £1 per year.
Royal Lodge and other luxury properties Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has called home
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