Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is shutting down some of his final remaining business ventures, including Pitch@Palace Global Ltd, once seen as a potential source of private income after the King withdrew financial support.
Pitch@Palace began as a Dragon’s Den-style initiative allowing entrepreneurs to pitch start-up ideas to investors, backed by the then Duke of York. It attracted global attention and corporate sponsors before collapsing under the weight of scandal following Mountbatten-Windsor’s association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
A document filed with Companies House on Tuesday confirmed that Pitch@Palace Global has applied to be struck off the register and dissolved. The application, signed by the firm’s sole director, accountant Arthur Lancaster, declared that there were no outstanding debts or other obstacles to closure.
Lancaster, who has long acted as a business associate of Doug Barrowman and Baroness Michelle Mone — both embroiled in a high-profile dispute over a pandemic PPE deal — is understood to hold the company’s shares on behalf of Mountbatten-Windsor. The former prince remains listed as a person with significant control, under his previous title.
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