Posted on 06/26/2022 5:27:20 PM PDT by RandFan
Prince Charles accepted a suitcase full of cash as a charitable donation from the former prime minister of Qatar, it has been claimed.
The Sunday Times says it was one of three bundles of cash given as charitable donations which the Prince of Wales received from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.
The three lots, which totalled €3m, were handed to the prince personally between 2011 and 2015, the paper adds.
It claims that on one occasion, Sheikh Hamad, 62, presented the prince with €1m reportedly stuffed into carrier bags from Fortnum & Mason, the luxury food store that has a royal charter to provide the Royal Family with groceries.
The cash payments were deposited into the accounts of the Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund (PWCF), an entity that bankrolls the prince's private projects and his country estate in Scotland, it added.
There is no suggestion anything about the payments was illegal.
Clarence House has released a statement following the report.
It said: "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."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
UK should end on a high note and retire the monarchy when Queen Elizabeth passes
sorry charlie
one of the posters said this is Diana reaching up from the grave because she said Charles should never be King
or skip a generation (won’t happen though)
That was a partial payment for being a Global Warming ShillTard.
Hunter and the Big Guy are laughing. “What a dork and what an amateur. Crown him King Clown.”
there is only ONE reason it was in cash...
Elizabeth II isnthe last person who truly believes in it. The rest of them are paid actors.
I read Prince Charles received numerous trash bags filled with money, numerous pieces of luggage filled with money, that wire transfers with boat loads of money were sent to him. Is it true? I reserve judgment.
If that happens, I think the UK would fly apart.
Hey! Cash is King!! Just ask the crack-head.
Isn’t he a big climate change profit? Oops, prophet? Why would he accept millions of dollars for a charity from an oil tycoon?
I have absolutely no problem with Prince Charles accepting money for his charities of most I do not approve. If it is bags of money something is wrong. Qatar has excellent banking facilities of which millions are transferred daily in normal commerce. Why was it bags of cash. This stinks.
I would like a bag with a million in it. But unlike these sleaze bags of society, I’ve had to work for a living. If that’s what u call it!
You know that MI6 had to know of the payoffs.
Same for the bribes that the Prime Minister Tony Blair took during and after office.
Here is an article from 20 years ago detailing some of the corruption that includes 200 members of congress taking bribes from Enron.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/feb/17/labour.politicalcolumnists
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19008107/prince-charles-cash-bag-qatari-sheikh-probe/
“...However the meetings where the money was given do not appear on the list of official engagements undertaken by working royals...”
All 3 of them?
What a coinkydink.
Anyone else wondering why this is only coming to light now...?
Looks like the story originated in the UK’s Sunday Times...
That’s interesting.
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