Charlie turd flogging honours !!!

Seems that scumbag 'nasty sleaze party' bastard Boris is not the only one flogging honours. Apparenly Charlie turd has also picked up the habit. However, since charlie turd is as rich as croesus, one has to wonder what the quid-pro-quo from the Saudi Prince.


Charles ‘damaged by aide’s resignation over alleged cash-for-honours scandal’

Tony Jones, PA Court Correspondent
12 November 2021, 2:12 pm


The Prince of Wales’s reputation has been damaged by the resignation of one his closest confidants following an alleged cash-for-honours scandal, royal commentators have said.

Charles has once again seen Michael Fawcett, who has served the royal family for 40 years, walk away from a role in controversial circumstances, but there are suspicions he may return.

Mr Fawcett temporarily stood down as chief executive of the Prince’s Foundation in September when reports by Sunday newspapers alleged he had promised to help secure a knighthood and British citizenship for a Saudi billionaire donor.

Former Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker said the episode showed a “lack of judgment” by the future king, while royal author Penny Junor said the aide is “crucial” to the prince and is likely be back in his employment.
Charles’s former valet resigned from the educational charity almost 20 years after he first left the prince’s household following claims that he was selling royal gifts, despite an investigation finding no evidence of “financial impropriety” on his part.

There were reports that the Duchess of Cornwall, who is fiercely loyal to her husband, wanted Charles to sever links with the former chief executive.

A spokesman for the foundation said: “Michael Fawcett has resigned from his post as CEO of the Prince’s Foundation.”

Mr Fawcett’s party planning company will also no longer be providing services to Clarence House.
When the allegations against Mr Fawcett were first made Mr Baker wrote to the Metropolitan Police asking the force to launch a criminal probe into the claims.

The former MP, author of a book about royal family finances titled And What Do You Do?, said: “I think it has damaged Prince Charles and I think it shows over the years he’s shown a lack of judgment when it comes to judging an individual’s character.”

He speculated that Mr Fawcett could now receive a severance payment.

“I would think he would certainly get some financial recompense from the prince. That’s what’s happened on previous occasions, I don’t see why it shouldn’t happen again.

“And if previous behaviour is to be repeated, which it may well do, then in a few weeks or a few months, Michael Fawcett might re-emerge from the back door, back into Prince Charles’s favour.”

In September, the Sunday Times claimed Saudi businessman Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz, who is listed on the Prince’s Foundation website as a supporter, donated large sums to restoration projects of particular interest to Charles, adding that Mr Mahfouz denies any wrongdoing.
Mr Fawcett is alleged to have co-ordinated support for an honour for Mr Mahfouz, according to newspaper reports.

On Thursday, Clarence House said it was ending arrangements with Mr Fawcett and his party planning company.

A spokesman said: “Michael Fawcett and Premier Mode will not be providing services to us in the future. We have all agreed to end these arrangements.”

Ms Junor said of Mr Fawcett: “I know that the prince loves him and he’s indispensable to him but there has been too much scandal attached to him over the years.”

She described the former royal footman as “a bit like a boomerang or a homing pigeon” for his ability to return to Charles and said he is “crucial to him”.
The author added: “My guess is Fawcett will not be gone from the prince’s life entirely; maybe officially, but I would almost bet my boots he will still have a role in the prince’s life in some way or another.”

Mr Fawcett was appointed to the role of chief executive of the Prince’s Foundation in 2018 amid a reorganisation of Charles’s charities.

He began his career as a Buckingham Palace footman but was later accused of selling unwanted royal gifts and pocketing a percentage of the proceeds while working for Charles. He was cleared by an internal inquiry in 2003 of any financial misconduct.

However, in a pervading culture among the prince’s staff of accepting gifts and hospitality from outsiders, Mr Fawcett bent the rules, the inquiry headed by Charles’s then private secretary Sir Michael Peat found.

The royal aide resigned following the report but continued to have the prince’s patronage as a freelance fixer and party planner, and picked up an undisclosed cash severance package as well as an agreement to work as Charles’s events manager.

 

Not content with 'flogging honours, seems charlie turd is now also mired in sleaze in diverting donations away from 'The Princes Trust' to a foundation established by by a member of the Saudi royal family. Good 'ere innit ???


Inquiry launched into claims money for Prince’s Foundation went to other charity

Laura Elston, PA Court Reporter
18 November 2021, 1:47 pmThe Charity Commission has launched an inquiry into allegations that donations intended for the Prince of Wales’ Prince’s Foundation went to another charity instead.

It is the latest crisis to hit Charles’s charitable organisation following the alleged cash for honours claims.

The probe will examine dealings at the Mahfouz Foundation, which was founded by Saudi billionaire Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz.

Michael Fawcett, one of Charles’s closest confidantes and chief executive of the Prince’s Foundation, resigned last week after claims he allegedly promised to help secure a knighthood and British citizenship for donor to the prince’s charity Dr Bin Mahfouz.

The commission said of the Mahfouz Foundation: “The commission has been engaging with its trustees since September after media reports alleged that donations, intended for the Prince’s Foundation, went instead to the Mahfouz Foundation.

“Some of these funds were then subsequently transferred elsewhere.”

The regulator has also identified concerns around the trustees’ governance and financial control of the charity, and the case has been escalated to a statutory inquiry.

Its inquiry will examine whether certain donations received by the Mahfouz Foundation “were intended for the charity, have been used in accordance with the donors’ intentions and if they should be returned to the donor or otherwise applied for charitable purposes”.

It will also look at whether the trustees carried out their legal duties and responsibilities as trustees in line with charity law.

The commission warned it may extend the scope of the inquiry if additional issues arise.

The Prince’s Foundation is not regulated by the commission, but is registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator instead.

Scotland’s charity regulator is already investigating Charles’ charity following claims in September it accepted a six-figure sum from a wealthy Russian donor Dmitry Leus.

Charles wrote a letter thanking the businessman for his generous offer of more than £500,000 to the Prince’s Foundation last year and suggested they could meet after the Covid crisis.

The charity initially received £100,000 but the total sum was reportedly rejected by the ethics committee of the foundation, whose headquarters are in Scotland, following concerns about its provenance, according to The Sunday Times.

The regulator said it was investigating “the range of issues which have been raised”.

In a letter from 2017 published by The Mail on Sunday, Mr Fawcett reportedly said he was willing to make an application to change Dr Bin Mahfouz’s honorary CBE to a KBE, and support his application for citizenship.

The letter, written on headed notepaper in Fawcett’s then capacity as the chief executive of the Dumfries House trust, said the applications would be made in response to “the most recent and anticipated support” of the trust.

The following year, Dumfries House became part of the Prince’s Foundation, during a reorganisation of Charles’s charities and Fawcett was appointed the chief executive.

Graham Smith of Republic, which campaigns for an elected head of state, said: “It’s time there was full disclosure and transparency from the royals.

“The standards and rules we expect MPs to adhere to should also apply to the royals.

“How many more questions will be raised about the conduct and probity of the royal family before politicians respond and act?”

Mr Fawcett was Charles’s most indispensable aide, with the prince once declaring: “I can manage without just about anyone, except for Michael.”

It fell to Mr Fawcett to squeeze out the future king’s toothpaste when he broke his arm playing polo.

He quit twice before including in 2003 when, as Charles’s personal assistant, he was accused of selling royal gifts.

He was cleared by an internal inquiry of any financial misconduct but the report painted a picture of Mr Fawcett as an alleged bully who enjoyed lavish perks and privileges, and accepted valuable gifts from outsiders.