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2022-06-29 Britain
UK’s Prince Charles reportedly accepted bags with millions in cash from Qatari PM
Such a smooth one, that crown prince. Which of his royal ancestors does he most resemble?
[IsraelTimes] 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, denies any wrongdoing.

The United Kingdom’s Prince Charles accepted bags of cash worth $3.2 million from a senior Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
i politician, according to a newspaper report.

The Sunday Times of London said the prince was given a total of 3 million euros by Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, the former prime minister of Qatar. It said the money was handed over to the British royal at private meetings between 2011 and 2015 — on one occasion in a suitcase, and on another in shopping bags from London’s Fortnum & Mason department store.

The report said that Charles’s aides were uncomfortable with the transfers but did little to intervene.

According to the newspaper, the money was deposited into the accounts of the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund. It did not allege that anything illegal was done.

Charles’ office, Clarence House, said in a statement that the donations "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."

The prince’s charitable fund told the newspaper it had verified "that the donor was a legitimate and verified counterparty ... and our auditors signed off on the donation after a specific enquiry during the audit. There was no failure of governance."

Qatar’s government communications office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

As Qatar’s prime minister between 2007 and 2013, Hamad oversaw the oil-rich state’s sovereign wealth fund, which has major property investments around the world, including London’s Shard skyscraper, Heathrow Airport and Harrods department store.

The revelation in the Sunday Times added to the speculation of a "cash-for-access culture" surrounding Prince Charles, who has long been accused of using his charities’ bank account for his own personal finances.
So smooth. Thank goodness his son takes after his grandmother instead of his father.
London police are currently investigating a separate allegation that people associated with another of the prince’s charities, the Prince’s Foundation, offered to help a Saudi billionaire secure honors and citizenship in return for donations. Clarence House has said Charles had no knowledge of any such offer.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-06-29 03:03|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 Sounds pretty nefarious until one asks, 'and why would they do such a thing?'.
Posted by Cesare 2022-06-29 07:52||   2022-06-29 07:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Prince Andrew went into retirement when the Little St. James Island project was terminated.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-06-29 08:16||   2022-06-29 08:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Prince Chuck...another scum bag.
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-06-29 08:44||   2022-06-29 08:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Hard to credit a lot of the innuendo here. Charles is already incredibly rich; and when his mother dies, he'll become the richest man in England. Why does he need the money?

Also, I think he's so rich that $3.2mm is pocket change to him.
Posted by Tom 2022-06-29 11:08||   2022-06-29 11:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Hard to tell the difference genuine gift and a bribe in some cultures...
Posted by magpie 2022-06-29 11:28||   2022-06-29 11:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Most people make charitable donations with a check. They are easier to carry.
Posted by Super Hose 2022-06-29 12:15||   2022-06-29 12:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Prince Charles will never again handle large cash donations to his charities after he was presented with €3m stuffed into bags from former Qatari prime minister
Posted by Skidmark 2022-06-29 14:25||   2022-06-29 14:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Prince Charles Is Unfit to Be King | Opinion
Posted by Skidmark 2022-06-29 14:27||   2022-06-29 14:27|| Front Page Top

#9 It's good to be (almost) King.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-29 18:01||   2022-06-29 18:01|| Front Page Top

#10 If princes Andrew, Charles and Harry is out of the running, who's left to assume the throne?

Or will this dissolve into a "Game Of Throne" scenario?
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-06-29 19:30||   2022-06-29 19:30|| Front Page Top

#11 Oh boy! Dragons...and Meghan
Posted by Frank G 2022-06-29 19:45||   2022-06-29 19:45|| Front Page Top

#12 ^ Mmm, dragons and witches!
Posted by SteveS 2022-06-29 19:48||   2022-06-29 19:48|| Front Page Top

#13 ^-- more like Dragons and Bitches...
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-06-29 20:19||   2022-06-29 20:19|| Front Page Top

#14 If princes Andrew, Charles and Harry is out of the running, who's left to assume the throne?

The throne passes from Queen Elizabeth II to her eldest son, Prince Charles, then to his eldest son, Prince William, then to his elder son, Prince George. All the brothers of Charles were spares until he had an heir of his own, then Prince Harry was the spare until Prince William had heirs of his own. Now George’s younger siblings Louis and Charlotte are the spares until George produces heirs.

The evidence suggests it is difficult to make the transition from being groomed as a spare to finding one’s own place in the world.

I believe that if the direct heir and spares die off without leaving any heirs, they have to climb back up the family tree until closest loving descendant is found. This is how Victoria became queen after George IV’s daughter, Princess Charlotte, died in childbirth, leaving him without an heir. When George IV died, his next younger living brother was crowned William IV, but he had no surviving legitimate children. By the time William IV died, I believe the only living legitimate child born to any of his remaining brothers was Victoria. Her father would have been king in turn, but he died only a year after she was born. So there it was.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-06-29 23:19||   2022-06-29 23:19|| Front Page Top

#15 So targeting a nuke to London removes them all but for that Cali guy and the actress?
Posted by Skidmark 2022-06-29 23:34||   2022-06-29 23:34|| Front Page Top

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