Throughout 2021 and 2022, there was a steady drip of stories about then-Prince Charles and his years-long activities to secure millions of dollars for The Prince’s Foundation. He’s best known for the Prince’s Trust, but his foundation is where he overextended himself by buying Dumfries House in Scotland, plus there were like a half dozen other weird property deals where Charles really miscalculated. Basically, he needed millions of dollars and he got into bed with some of the shadiest billionaires in the Middle East and beyond. He was passing out British honours to anyone who would give him a suitcase full of cash. I still believe that Charles or someone close to him leaked all of that in QEII’s final years as a way to disclose all of the improprieties ahead of his kingship. Charles also calculated (correctly) that nothing would come of the police investigation.
No further action will be taken by detectives who have been investigating cash-for-honours allegations involving the king’s charity the Prince’s Foundation, the Metropolitan police said.
The force launched the investigation in February after media reports alleged offers of help were made to secure honours and citizenship for a Saudi national.
In September 2021, the Sunday Times published claims that the billionaire Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz paid tens of thousands of pounds to fixers with links to the then Prince Charles who had told him they could secure the honour.
It had been alleged Mahfouz had made donations to restoration projects of interest to Charles. There are no suggestions of any wrongdoing by Mahfouz or the king.
When the allegations surfaced, the Prince’s Foundation launched an internal investigation, which in turn led to one of Charles’s former closest aides, Michael Fawcett, temporarily stepping down as its chief executive.
Per Omid Scobie, the Buckingham Palace spokesperson notes: “We have noted the decision of the Metropolitan Police Service. All other enquiries are a matter for the Prince’s Foundation.” The Prince’s Foundation spokesperson said: “Following the conclusion of its own independent investigation and governance review last year, the charity is moving forward with a continued focus on delivering the education and training programmes for which it has been established.” Yep. Everything was hushed up, everything was buried.
Now that everything is over, don’t you agree that it was leaked by Clarence House in the first place? It was a plot orchestrated by Charles’s senior staff, who correctly bet on several things all at once: a sleazy financial scandal would be largely ignored by a national media still obsessed with all things Sussex; that by leaking all of the sordid details in a short time, the British public would be briefly outraged and then move on; that the king would never face repercussions over any of it. They even arranged Fawcett as their patsy, only everyone forgot about him too, so he’s probably sitting in the palace right now.
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A Buckingham Palace spokesperson says:
“We have noted the decision of the Metropolitan Police Service. All other enquiries are a matter for the Prince’s Foundation.”@PrincesFound spokesperson adds:
“Following the conclusion of its own independent investigation and governance… https://t.co/EjJFPRFeCm— Omid Scobie (@scobie) August 21, 2023
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- His Royal Highness – The Prince of Wales – Prince Charles and Her Royal Highness – Camilla, The Duchess Of Cornwall attend the British Asian Trust Reception at British Museum, London, England, UK on Wednesday 9 February, 2022.,Image: 661026776, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/UPPA/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon
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- His Royal Highness – The Prince of Wales – Prince Charles and Her Royal Highness – Camilla, The Duchess Of Cornwall attend the British Asian Trust Reception at British Museum, London, England, UK on Wednesday 9 February, 2022.,Image: 661026786, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/UPPA/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon
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The Prince of Wales meeting children who have been learning about food as part of the Food For The Future, a pilot food education programme delivered by The Prince’s Foundation, at Dumfries House in Cumnock, Ayrshire. Picture date: Monday April 25, 2022.,Image: 685948383, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR 48 HOURS- Fee Payable Upon reproduction – For queries contact Avalon [email protected] London 44 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles 1 310 822 0419 Berlin 49 30 76 212 251 Madrid 34 91 533 42 89, Model Release: no, Credit line: Avalon.red / Avalon
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The Prince of Wales before meeting children who have been learning about food as part of the Food For The Future, a pilot food education programme delivered by The Prince’s Foundation, at Dumfries House in Cumnock, Ayrshire. Picture date: Monday April 25, 2022.,Image: 685948397, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR 48 HOURS- Fee Payable Upon reproduction – For queries contact Avalon [email protected] London 44 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles 1 310 822 0419 Berlin 49 30 76 212 251 Madrid 34 91 533 42 89, Model Release: no, Credit line: Avalon.red / Avalon
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- Dumfries House, Cumnock, where the Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay while in Scotland, attended a roundtable with attendees of the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation seminar to discuss allergies and the environment. Picture date: Wednesday September 7, 2022.,Image: 720534984, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR 48 HOURS- Fee Payable Upon reproduction – For queries contact Avalon [email protected] London 44 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles 1 310 822 0419 Berlin 49 30 76 212 251 Madrid 34 91 533 42 89, Model Release: no, Credit line: Avalon.red / Avalon
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- The Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay while in Scotland, during a roundtable with attendees of the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation seminar to discuss allergies and the environment, at Dumfries House, Cumnock. Picture date: Wednesday September 7, 2022.,Image: 720535009, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR 48 HOURS- Fee Payable Upon reproduction – For queries contact Avalon [email protected] London 44 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles 1 310 822 0419 Berlin 49 30 76 212 251 Madrid 34 91 533 42 89, Model Release: no, Credit line: Avalon.red / Avalon
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- Britain’s King Charles III waves to members of the public as he leaves Covent Garden, central London, on May 17, 2023, during a visit with Britain’s Queen Camilla, their first joint engagement since the coronation.,Image: 776513917, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: DANIEL LEAL / Avalon
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- Britain’s King Charles III (R) and Britain’s Queen Camilla (L) leave the St Paul’s Church also known as Actors’ Church, as part of a tour of Covent Garden, in central London, on May 17, 2023, their first joint engagement since the coronation.,Image: 776517593, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: DANIEL LEAL / Avalon
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King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive for their visit at Poundbury on June 27, 2023 in Dorchester, Dorset. The King and Queen are visiting the The Duchy of Cornwall’s Poundbury development to view a new bronze relief and to open The Duke of Edinburgh Garden.
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