Prince Charles reportedly accepted a MAJOR donation from the household of Osama bin Laden practically a decade in the past.
A brand new report printed in The Sunday Occasions this weekend indicated the 73-year-old royal accepted a $1.2 million contribution from the half-brothers of the late former Al Qaeda chief after a non-public assembly again in 2013.
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Based on the information outlet, Charles allegedly sat down with Bakr bin Laden on the British royal residence Clarence Home in October of that 12 months for a gathering. Following their interplay, Bakr reportedly donated $1.2 million to Charles’ charity, The Prince of Wales’ Charitable Fund (PWCF). It’s famous the donation got here by even regardless of alleged “objections” from key advisors near Charles.
Bakr and Shafiq are half-brothers of the extra notorious bin Laden, who had been killed by US particular forces in Pakistan two years earlier. Each siblings beforehand publicly disowned Osama again in 1994 on account of his terrorist actions, and there’s no indication the brothers had been ever concerned with Al Qaeda. Nonetheless, the Prince’s advisory group was understandably involved by the implicit affiliation that may come from accepting the cash.
A supply within the Sunday Occasions report claimed Charles allegedly “brokered” the deal himself and accepted the donation, all whereas overruling the objections of these round him. Some staffers even supposedly requested him to return the $1.2 million after the transaction went by — which Charles is claimed to have refused to do.
In a number of feedback reacting to the report, Clarence Home officers and PWCF org leaders confirmed the donation. Nevertheless, they denied the specifics of the way it supposedly got here collectively. A spokesperson for Clarence Home launched an announcement claiming the PWCF did their “due diligence” earlier than accepting the donation:
“The Prince of Wales’ Charitable Fund has assured us that thorough due diligence was undertaken in accepting this donation. The choice to just accept was taken by the charity’s Trustees alone and any try to characterise it in any other case is fake.”
The chair of the PWCF, Sir Ian Cheshire, additionally responded to the report. In an announcement delivered to Individuals, the charity chief mentioned the org “rigorously thought-about” the donation earlier than continuing. He declare they even had the blessing of presidency officers in accepting the cash:
“The donation from Sheik Bakr Bin Laden in 2013 was rigorously thought-about by PWCF Trustees on the time. Due diligence was carried out, with info sought from a variety of sources, together with authorities. The choice to just accept the donation was taken wholly by the Trustees. Any try to counsel in any other case is deceptive and inaccurate.”
Hmmm…
Whereas the PWCF is adamant nothing was unethical, this marks yet one more time Charles’ charity has come underneath fireplace. Final month, the Sunday Occasions revealed Prince Charles as soon as accepted $3 million in money (!!!) from the previous prime minister of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Jasseim bin Jaber Al Thani. That donation, which reportedly occurred someday between 2011 and 2015, is claimed to have occurred when the Sheikh handed Charles the cash “in baggage” in his workplace. Holy s**t…
Following that bombshell, a supply inside Charles’ employees mentioned the royal would “by no means once more” settle for a big money donation for his charity endeavors, per Individuals. The Charity Fee, which oversees non-profit organizations in the UK, declined to take motion in that occasion.
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And in February of this 12 months, Charles was accused in one other charity cost. In that one, Prince William‘s father allegedly engaged in a “cash-for-honours” scheme involving donations to the PWCF from a Saudi nationwide looking for British citizenship and standing. Looks like it by no means ends with the royal household. And it’s certainly not just Charles. Jeez!! Reactions, Perezcious readers??