The concept of Prince Charles receiving thousands and thousands of donations in a suitcase from a former Qatari prime minister is “a bit unusual”, cupboard minister George Eustice.
The Prince of Wales personally obtained round three lots of money, totalling €3m, from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, in keeping with the Sunday Times.
“My understanding is this was immediately passed on to the charity, declared and checked in the usual way,” mentioned Mr Eustice. “On one level of course it’s a bit unusual to have such a large amount of cash.”
Asked by LBC what his response if he was provided giant amount of cash in baggage, the surroundings secretary mentioned: “Of course it’s unusual, but if it’s a permitted donation that’s been checked, it’s still a permitted donation.”
Clarence House has maintained that the “correct processes” have been adopted in handing the cash over to the prince’s charities, and there’s no suggestion the donations have been unlawful.
However, the Charity Commission is now trying into the donations from Sheikh Hamad, who was prime minister of Qatar between 2007 and 2013.
A spokesperson for the Charity Commission mentioned: “We are aware of reports about donations received by The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund. We will review the information to determine whether there is any role for the commission in this matter.”
Fellow cupboard minister Brandon Lewis mentioned on Sunday that it was “fine” for the prince to have accepted a suitcase of cash from the Qatari politician.
Mr Lewis mentioned he was “confident” from his dealings with the palace that the matter may have been handled correctly.
Clarence House mentioned the cash was “passed immediately to one of the prince’s charities”, who “carried out the appropriate governance and assured us that all the correct processes were followed”.
Last week Boris Johnson mentioned he had a “good old chinwag” with the prince in Rwanda throughout their first talks since Charles reportedly criticised his asylum deportation coverage as “appalling”.
Asked whether or not they mentioned his stalled flights to Rwanda, Mr Johnson mentioned: “I’m not going to go into what happened, the conversation that took place.
“I don’t discuss conversations either with Her Majesty the Queen or with the heir to the throne.”
Source: www.impartial.co.uk