Prince Charles

Sunday Times reports there was no suggestion that payments for prince's charity over a four-year period were illegal.

There was no failure of governance,” Clarence House told the Times. The tiny Gulf state of Qatar is well known for its charitable work around the world. The Sunday Times reports there was no suggestion that payments for the prince’s charity over a four-year period were illegal.

Newspaper says British royal received $3.2 million from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani; his office says money was deposited with one of his charities, ...

Sure, we'll remove all ads from your page and you'll gain access to some amazing Community-only content. Clarence House has said Charles had no knowledge of any such offer. There was no failure of governance.”

Former PM of Qatar was one of Time's 'most influential people' and named in both Panama and Pandora Papers. Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani.

Al-Thani earned the nickname “peacemaker” for his efforts to broker reconciliations between warring factions in Africa and the Middle East, according to a report by Middle East Eye in 2015. In 2007, he became prime minister, a role he stepped down from in 2013. He was appointed as Qatar’s deputy prime minister in 2003.

"Charitable donations received from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim were passed immediately to one of the prince's charities who carried out the appropriate governance ...

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The Sunday Times' says the suitcase was one of three bundles of cash given as charitable donations which the 73-year-old received from Sheikh Hamad bin ...

More subscription to our online content can only help us achieve the goals of offering you even better and more relevant content. As we battle the economic impact of the pandemic, we need your support even more, so that we can continue to offer you more quality content. The three lots, which reportedly totalled Euro 3 million, were handed to the prince personally between 2011 and 2015.

Prince Charles' office has denied there was any wrongdoing in the heir to the British throne accepting bags full of cash as charity donations from a Qatari ...

Clarence House has said Charles had no knowledge of any such offer. There was no failure of governance.” The newspaper said the money was deposited into the accounts of the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund. It did not allege that anything illegal was done.

The Prince of Wales took a series of cash donations from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani to his charity the Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund, ...

If the Qatari government wants to make a gift to his foundation, then there are proper ways to do these things rather than handling large sums of cash." Graham Smith, chief executive, said in a statement: "This story is shocking. "It is unusual to handle a cash donation, normally it's a bank draft or a bank transfer, but this is unusual. He said: "I wouldn't make a distinction between a politician and a member of the royal family. Prince Charles met Sheikh Hamad in private, with no officials present and with no disclosure of the meeting in the court circular. Charities are permitted to accept cash donations.

Prince Charles' office has denied there was any wrongdoing in the heir to the British throne accepting bags full of cash as charity donations from a Qatari ...

and our auditors signed off on the donation after a specific enquiry during the audit. The charitable fund told the newspaper it had verified “that the donor was a legitimate and verified counterparty... The newspaper said the money was deposited into the accounts of the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund. It did not allege that anything illegal was done.

The money was a donation to Charles' Prince of Wales Charitable Fund, which gives grants to other non-profit groups that reflect the prince's interests. Get ...

The furor comes just months after another one of Charles's charities, The Prince's Foundation — which is not connected to his Charitable Fund — was caught up in cash for official honors allegations. This is grubby, scuzzy behavior, which reinforces the view many are reaching, that Charles is not fit to be king." The sheikh gave Charles three separate donations totaling $3.1 million over a period between 2011 and 2015, The Sunday Times reports. The Sunday Times and The Mail on Sunday reported allegations that Fawcett helped support a campaign for official honors for Saudi businessman Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz. A letter from Fawcett to an aide to Mahfouz in August 2018, published by the Mail on Sunday, reportedly said, "In light of the ongoing and most recent generosity of His Excellency ... I am happy to confirm to you, in confidence, that we are willing and happy to support and contribute to the application for Citizenship." Charles now faces the possibility of an investigation by The Charity Commission — the governing body of the charity world in Britain. A spokesman for the Charity Commission confirms in a statement: "We are aware of reports about donations received by The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation. We will review the information to determine whether there is any role for the Commission in this matter." Charles's office at Clarence House said in a statement on Monday: "Charitable donations received from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim were passed immediately to one of the Prince's charities who carried out the appropriate governance and have assured us that all the correct processes were followed."

Heir to the British throne's office says "correct processes were followed" after Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani handed him $3.2 million in cash.

and our auditors signed off on the donation after a specific enquiry during the audit. Clarence House has said Charles had no knowledge of any such offer. London — Prince Charles' office has denied there was any wrongdoing in the heir to the British throne accepting bags full of cash as charity donations from a Qatari politician.

'The Sunday Times' says the suitcase was one of three bundles of cash given as charitable donations which the 73-year-old received from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim ...

There was no failure of governance," PWCF chairman Sir Ian Cheshire was quoted as saying by the newspaper. The three lots, which reportedly totalled Euro 3 million, were handed to the prince personally between 2011 and 2015. Prince Charles, the heir to Britain's throne, allegedly accepted a suitcase full of cash as a charitable donation from the former Prime Minister of Qatar, according to a UK media report on Sunday. 'The Sunday Times' says the suitcase was one of three bundles of cash given as charitable donations which the 73-year-old received from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.

Nicholas Knatchbull at the Wedding of Alexandra Knatchbull and Thomas Hooper. David Hartley/Shutterstock ; Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

Knatchbull's sister, Lady Alexandra Knatchbull married in June 2016 at Romsey Abbey in Hampshire, to Thomas Hooper. Prince Charles gave Alexandra away and walked her down the aisle, in the absence of her father, Lord Brabourne, who was too ill to undertake the role himself. The family's Hampshire pile is where the Queen and Prince Philip spent their honeymoon in 1947. Knatchbull's great-grandfather is the 1st Earl Mountbatten, who was Prince Philip’s uncle.

According to a report in The Times, Qatar's former prime minister ultimately gave the prince's charitable fund 3 million euros in cash.

On Monday, The Times reported that the Charity Commission will look into the situation in order to make sure the charity did its due diligence before accepting Sheik Hamad’s cash donation. First, two royal advisers hand-counted the money, and then London private bank Coutts was called to pick up the cash, which was deposited into the account of the charitable fund. According to The Times, royal sources did accept that donations were received in cash but denied that it was carried in Fortnum & Mason bags, among other details.