A version of this story appeared in the August 5 edition of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain’s royal family. Sign up here. London CNN — Succession planning isn’t something most of us have to give much thought to, but for the royal family it’s almost part of … Read more
Britain’s Prince Charles is facing more questions over his charities after a newspaper reported that one of his funds accepted a 1 million pound (€1.2 million) donation from relatives of Osama bin Laden. The Sunday Times reported that the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund received the money in 2013 from Bakr bin Laden, patriarch of … Read more
He’s the society fixer at the heart of the troubling episode which saw Prince Charles‘s right-hand man, Michael Fawcett, resign as chief executive of The Prince’s Foundation, whose affairs have become the subject of a Metropolitan Police ‘cash for honours’ investigation. Now, in a sign that the ground may be crumbling beneath him, I can disclose … Read more
Queen Elizabeth II made an appearance in Scotland on Monday to kick off Holyrood Week 2022, marking her first public outing since her Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The queen took part in an ancient ceremony at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, where she was accompanied by her son Prince Edward and his wife, Sophie, the … Read more
LONDON (AP) — 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 said the prince was given a total of 3 million euros ($3.2 million) by Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al … Read more
There is no suggestion the payments were illegal, the report said. London: 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 … Read more
Prince Charles personally accepted suitcases and shopping bags stuffed with millions of dollars’ worth of cash from a controversial Qatari politician between 2011 and 2015, according to an explosive new report. “Everyone felt very uncomfortable about the situation,” a former adviser to the Prince of Wales told the Sunday Times of London. The “only thing … Read more
Prince Charles acknowledged change underfoot and said the Commonwealth was a diverse and evolving family. Kigali, Rwanda: Prince Charles told Commonwealth leaders Friday that the choice to become a republic or abandon the queen as head of state was “a matter for each member country to decide”. Speaking at the opening of a Commonwealth summit … Read more
Prince Charles and Camilla have paid tribute to the victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide during a visit to a memorial in Kigali. The future king, 73, was joined by the Duchess of Cornwall in the Rwandan capital where they met survivors and perpetrators of the mass genocide and paid homage to the victims by laying a … Read more
T he Prince of Wales was jetting off to Rwanda on Tuesday amid fears his visit will be overshadowed by the row over the Government’s controversial migrants policy. Charles will represent the Queen at the much-awaited Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that was postponed by the pandemic. But the timing of the visit will lead … Read more