Editing Prince Andrew, Duke of York (section)

===Alleged comments on corruption and Kazakhstan===
As the United Kingdom's Special Trade Representative, Andrew travelled the world to promote British businesses. It was revealed in the [[United States diplomatic cables leak]] that Andrew had been reported on by [[Tatiana Gfoeller]], the [[United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan]], discussing bribery in Kyrgyzstan and the investigation into the [[Al-Yamamah arms deal]]. The Duke, she explained, "was referencing an investigation, subsequently closed, into alleged kickbacks a senior Saudi royal had received in exchange for the multi-year, lucrative [[BAE Systems]] contract to provide equipment and training to Saudi security forces."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/11/cablegate-chronicles-prince-andrew-on-these-expletive-journalists/67383/|title=Cablegate Chronicles: Prince Andrew on 'These (Expletive) Journalists'|magazine=[[The Atlantic]]|date=29 November 2010|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> The dispatch continued: "His mother's subjects seated around the table roared their approval. He then went on to 'these (expletive) journalists, especially from [[The Guardian|the National Guardian]] {{sic}}, who poke their noses everywhere' and (presumably) make it harder for British businessmen to do business. The crowd practically clapped!"<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/nov/29/wikileaks-cables-rude-prince-andrew|title=WikiLeaks cables: 'Rude' Prince Andrew shocks US ambassador|newspaper=The Guardian|first1=David|last1=Leigh|first2=Heather|last2=Brooke|first3=Rob|last3=Evans|date=29 November 2010|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

In May 2008, he attended a goose-hunt in Kazakhstan with President [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Foggo|first1=Daniel|first2=Steven| last2=Swinford|first3=Anna|last3=Mikhailova|title=Prince Andrew, his £15m home and the Kazakhstan connection|newspaper=[[The Times]]| date=27 July 2008|location=London|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4407240.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904234122/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4407240.ece|archive-date=4 September 2008|quote=On one of his most recent visits, in May, he [Prince Andrew] is understood to have spent a weekend on a goose-shooting excursion with Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan. ... Timur Kulibayev, 41, is a billionaire oil and gas tycoon who is known to Andrew, not least through their attendance at hunting parties thrown by Nazarbayev. ... Kulibayev has also been busy inviting VIPs, reportedly including the prince, to regular hunting meets hosted by the Kazakh president.}}</ref> In 2010, it was revealed that the President's billionaire son-in-law [[Timur Kulibayev]] paid Andrew's representatives £15 million – £3 million over the asking price – via offshore companies, for Andrew's [[Surrey]] mansion, [[Sunninghill Park]]. Kulibayev frequently appears in US dispatches as one of the men who have accumulated millions in gas-rich Kazakhstan.<ref name=":3" /> It was later revealed that Andrew's office tried to get a crown estate property close to [[Kensington Palace]] for Kulibayev at that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/03/prince-andrew-broker-crown-property-kazakh-oligarch|title=Prince Andrew tried to broker crown property deal for Kazakh oligarch|work=The Guardian|first=Robert|last=Booth|date=3 July 2016|accessdate=1 July 2022}}</ref>
 
In May 2012, it was reported that Swiss and Italian police investigating "a network of personal and business relationships" allegedly used for "international corruption" were looking at the activities of Enviro Pacific Investments which charges "multi-million pound fees" to energy companies wishing to deal with Kazakhstan.<ref name="sun">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9291896/Money-laundering-probe-puts-spotlight-on-the-15-million-sale-of-the-Duke-of-Yorks-home.html |title=Money laundering probe puts spotlight on the £15 million sale of the Duke of York's home |author=Lewis, Jason |work=The Sunday Telegraph|location=London |date=26 May 2012 |access-date=26 May 2012 |url-status=dead |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526222822/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9291896/Money-laundering-probe-puts-spotlight-on-the-15-million-sale-of-the-Duke-of-Yorks-home.html |archive-date=26 May 2012 }}</ref> The trust is believed to have paid £6 million towards the purchase of Sunninghill which now appears derelict.<ref name="sun" /> In response, a Palace spokesman said "This was a private sale between two trusts. There was never any impropriety on the part of The Duke of York".<ref name="sun" />

[[Libby Purves]] wrote in ''[[The Times]]'' in January 2015: "Prince Andrew dazzles easily when confronted with immense wealth and apparent power. He has fallen for 'friendships' with bad, corrupt and clever men, not only in the US but in Libya, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tunisia, wherever."<ref name=RoyGreenslade/>

In May 2016, a fresh controversy broke out when the ''Daily Mail'' alleged that Andrew had brokered a deal to assist a Greek and Swiss consortium in securing a £385 million contract to build water and sewerage networks in two of Kazakhstan's largest cities, while working as British trade envoy, and had stood to gain a £4 million payment in commission. The newspaper published an email from Andrew to Kazakh oligarch Kenges Rakishev, (who had allegedly brokered sale of the Prince's Berkshire mansion Sunninghill Park), and said that Rakishev had arranged meetings for the consortium. After initially saying the email was a forgery, Buckingham Palace sought to block its publication as a privacy breach.<ref name="Sawer">{{cite news|last=Sawer|first=Patrick |title=Prince Andrew brokered £385m deal with Kazakh regime while working as British trade envoy|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date= 21 May 2016|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/20/duke-brokered-385m-for-corrupt-regime-while-working-as-british-t/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/20/duke-brokered-385m-for-corrupt-regime-while-working-as-british-t/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The Palace denied the allegation that Andrew had acted as a "fixer" calling the article "untrue, defamatory and a breach of the editor's code of conduct".<ref name="Sawer" />

A former Foreign Office minister, MP [[Chris Bryant]] stated: "When I was at the Foreign Office it was very difficult to see in whose interests he [Andrew] was acting. He doesn't exactly add lustre to the Royal diadem".<ref name="Sawer" />