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Royals "abuse" of public funds has to stop

PRINCE ANDREW used £16,000 of taxpayers’ money for a flight to a golf tournament, figures have shown.

The disgraced prince flew in a private jet from Farnborough, Hampshire, to Portrush, in Northern Ireland last July to attend the Open Championship. 

The was detailed in the annual sovereign grant report in which royals reveal how they’ve spent money from the Treasury. 

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