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News,21 Oct 2025,36 mins

Will Prince Andrew Keep His Royal Mansion?

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Today, details have emerged about how Prince Andrew can afford his Windsor mansion as pressure builds over whether he should be allowed to keep it. The new document reveals that instead of paying annual rent, Prince Andrew made large lump sum payments up-front, including for renovations. Adam is joined by politics and investigations correspondent Joe Pike to discuss whether political pressure is building for him to give up the property. And, Boris Johnson has been giving evidence at the Covid Inquiry about the impact of the pandemic on children and young people. He told the inquiry that he ‘probably did go too far' with lockdown rules for children, and that the rules were at times overly complicated. Adam speaks to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Education Editor Branwen Jeffries and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Verify’s Ben Chu. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds to play Newscastâ€. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord Get in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a WhatsApp on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, listen on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Shiler Mahmoudi. The social producer was Grace Braddock. The technical producer was Jack Graysmark. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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