This is a new scandal that could contaminate the British crown. According to a survey conducted by sunday timeAccording to various British media, Prince Charles, heir to the throne, would have accepted a donation of one million pounds sterling – around 1.1 million euros – destined for his foundation and paid by two members of Osama bin Laden’s family. .
The colossal sum is said to have come from Bakr and Shafiq Bin Laden, two half-brothers of Osama, the founder of Al Qaeda and instigator of the 9/11 attacks. Charles also reportedly had a private meeting at Clarence House, his official residence in London, with Bakr Bin Laden on October 30, 2013. Two years after the death of Osama Bin Laden during a special operation by US forces in Pakistan.
“Strong controls have been carried out”
The representatives of the association managed by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund (PCWF), do not deny the existence of this donation, but refute the idea that it was Charles personally who gave the order to accept it. Same story at Clarence House, indicating that the decision was only made by the curators of the association.
Ian Cheshire, who chairs the foundation, said in a statement: “The donation made by Sheikh Bakr bin Laden in 2013 was carefully scrutinized at the time by the trustees of the association. Stringent checks were carried out, with information from many sources. , including some government sources. The decision to accept the donation was made solely by the trustees. Any other allegation is false.”
the guardian says a source also denied claims that Charles personally brokered the deal and dismissed some advice telling him to pay the money back.
A previous scandal at the end of June
Bakr and Shafiq Bin Laden, who made the donation, are therefore the two half-brothers of Osama Bin Laden, sharing the same father with the terrorist, Mohammed Bin Awad Bin Laden, a Yemeni billionaire. There is no evidence to indicate that these two men are directly or indirectly linked to terrorist acts.
But this new scandal falls ill for the British crown, a few weeks before the celebrations dedicated to the Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II on the other side of the Channel. At the end of June, the sunday time He always claimed that Charles had received three million euros from the former Qatari prime minister.
Source: BFM TV
