Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has applied to close down the business behind his platform to help entrepreneurs, it has emerged. Pitch@Palace was founded by the former Prince in 2014 to connect start-ups with potential investors, mentors and industry figures, and he claimed it had seen 3,000 jobs created.

In a document filed with Companies House on Tuesday signed off by Arthur Lancaster, the firm's sole director, the company filed an application to be "struck off and dissolved". Companies House lists Prince Andrew of Royal Lodge, Windsor as having "significant influence or control" over the business.

The UK arm of the business was wound up after Andrew stepped back from public duties in 2019, following his disastrous BBC Newsnight interview in which he was questioned about his friendship w

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