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Laws in the United Kingdom have meant there is little public transparency surrounding how taxpayers fund the monarchy, but Andrew does not appear to have ever worked in a job. In terms of salaries, the only source of income reported in the public domain is a pension that he draws due to his involvement with the navy until 2001. This is said to be £20,000 ($40,000) a year. It has also been reported that Andrew earned a salary of £249,000 ($499,380) for royal engagements between 1978 and 2010. He ceased being a working royal in 2019. An investigation by British newspaper The Guardian found he received nearly £13 million ($26 million) for his royal work in the four prior decades. There are reports that Queen Elizabeth and Charles gave Andrew an annual allowance of about £1 million a year from 2019, but this stopped last year. These payments have allowed Andrew to maintain an expensive lifestyle. Various accounts suggest he owns several high-end cars, as well as luxury watches, including one worth almost £150,000.
