Prince Andrew has been reported to police and accused of utilizing a pretend title to register an organization, The Submit has realized.
The disgraced Duke of York, 64, used the pseudonym Andrew Inverness in 2003 when he joined forces with sports activities retail tycoon Johan Eliasch to arrange an organization known as Naples Gold Restricted.
Andrew, who owned 4 firms that had been linked to these registered at Firms Home below the title, was described as a “consultant” on official types, docs obtained by The Submit present.
Now, an anti-monarchy marketing campaign group known as Republic has accused the previous working royal of falsifying official paperwork.
Graham Smith, the chief govt of the group, has filed an official grievance to Scotland Yard, chargeable for policing a lot of London.
“The royals appear to believe they can act with impunity, an impression given weight by the lack of police action on serious allegations of corruption and sexual offenses,” Smith instructed The Telegraph.
London’s Metropolitan Police is at the moment within the strategy of figuring out whether or not any additional motion in opposition to the scandal-scarred duke is required.
Andrew was given the title Earl of Inverness by his later mom, Queen Elizabeth II, after he wed Sarah Ferguson in 1986.
Nonetheless, in utilizing the title Andrew Inverness on official paperwork, King Charles’ youthful brother has landed himself in scorching water as he faces allegations of utilizing a pretend moniker for enterprise functions.
“The apparent filing of false information with Companies House may seem trivial, but the UK faces serious issues of fraud committed in this way. While no such fraud is alleged here, surely Andrew must be held to the highest standards,” Smith instructed the outlet.
It comes simply at some point after the monetary agency managing Andrew’s personal investments sensationally shut down.
In paperwork obtained by The Submit, Urramoor Restricted, a non-public funding agency over which the disgraced Duke of York had “significant control,” utilized to be dissolved only a 12 months after receiving last-ditch backing from an nameless donor.
Earlier than the thriller bailout, the agency was $260,000 in deficit, in response to paperwork filed with Firms Home, the UK’s public registry of firms.
Nonetheless, whereas the nameless money injection saved the struggling funding agency within the quick time period, it was in the end not sufficient to maintain the corporate afloat in the long run.
All through its 11-year existence, Urramoor did not generate revenue, official paperwork present.
The corporate’s director, Arthur Lancaster, signed off on the choice to dissolve the agency on Jan. 3. A proper dissolution course of is underway.
