'Officers liaised with The Prince's Foundation about the findings of an independent investigation into fundraising practices. 'The Special Enquiry Team has conducted the assessment process which has included contacting those believed to hold relevant information.
This related to media reporting alleging offers of help were made to secure honours and citizenship for a Saudi national. 'The decision follows an assessment of a September 2021 letter. Scotland Yard said in a statement: 'The Metropolitan Police Service has launched an investigation into allegations of offences under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. Mr Fawcett, who has since resigned as chief executive of Charles's charitable body The Prince's Foundation, was accused of promising to help secure a knighthood and British citizenship for a Saudi billionaire donor. The pressure group Republic contacted Scotland Yard last September and reported both the future king and Michael Fawcett, Charles's former royal valet, on suspicion of breaching the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925.Īt the time Clarence House said the prince had 'no knowledge' of the alleged cash-for-honours scandal. The Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation into an alleged cash-for-honours scandal after the Prince of Wales and his former close confidant were reported to police over the claims. Royal experts said there will be no 'return to the fold' for embattled Duke and he should 'disappear for a year'.Settlement with Giuffre reportedly includes clause that allows her to 'write tell-all book' on her ordeal.Royal author Angela Levin told Sky News today: 'I think that the Queen would have given him a big telling off'.It emerged the Queen and Charles had ordered him to sort out the impending sex case as soon as possible.Prince Andrew faces questions on how he has funded his £12million settlement with accuser Virginia Giuffre.Meanwhile the Met today launched a probe into a cash for honours scandal involving the Prince Charles's charitable foundation. It comes amid a gruelling week for the head of state, with Prince Andrew finalising the settlement of a bombshell sex assault case against him yesterday. It is also not known whether she has self-isolated. The monarch will have taken daily lateral flow tests over the past seven days, in keeping with current guidelines, and will have been closely monitored by her royal physicians. The meeting marked her first in-person engagement since her Covid scare after coming into contact with her son Prince Charles two days before he tested positive.īuckingham Palace has continued to refuse to confirm whether the Queen tested positive or negative for coronavirus, citing medical privacy, and saying last week she was not displaying any symptoms.īut she appears to have escaped the virus despite coming into contact with her son, whose wife Camilla has also since tested positive. The Queen is understood to have been feeling slightly stiff today, rather than having injured herself or being unwell. The monarch stood rooted to the spot and leaned on her cane as she pointed to her left leg or foot - but mustered a smile when the two men approached her and shook her hand. Her Majesty, 95, leaned on a walking stick as she told incoming Defence Services Secretary Major General Eldon Millar and his predecessor Rear Admiral James Macleod 'I can't move' in the Oak Room at her Berkshire home. The Queen has admitted to feeling frail for the first time but managed a smile as she returned to work at Windsor Castle despite scandals engulfing Princes Charles and Andrew that threaten to overshadow her Jubilee year.
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