/ 28 June 2022

Charles’ charity cashes in

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Sadly, no one has rocked up with bags of cash to pay us – yet… But it’s happened to Prince Charles 3 times – all the work of the same man, former Qatari PM Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani – known as ‘HBJ’. He’s a billionaire and a fan of the Prince’s charity work, so between 2011 and 2015, he made cash payments totalling more than £2.5 million ($4.4 million) – once with a suitcase full of cash, another time with bills stuffed into shopping bags from Fortnum & Mason. Prince Make It Rain (aka Charles…) is said to have accepted the payments himself and immediately passed the money on to his charity. Clarence House says there’s nothing to see here, “all the correct processes were followed”. Still, the UK’s Charity Commission is going to take a look. The Prince’s charity was recently under scrutiny after his former right-hand man was accused of attempting to secure British honours for donors.

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