The Prince of Wales accepted a suitcase containing a million euros in cash from a former Qatari prime minister, the Sunday Times has reported.
The paper says this was one of three cash donations from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim totalling three million euros.
Clarence House said donations from the sheikh were passed immediately to one of the prince’s charities and all the correct processes were followed.
There is no suggestion the payments were illegal.
According to the Sunday Times, Prince Charles received the three cash donations in person from the former prime minister between 2011 and 2015.
It is claimed that on one occasion the money was handed over in a hold all at a meeting at Clarence House. On another, the paper reported the cash was contained in carrier bags from the department store Fortnum and Mason.
You’d think it rather poor etiquette to hand a bag of cash directly to a Royal Prince; not just once, but three times. For this to become news means not everyone is happy that the Queen may not outlive his sorry ass after all.
>You’d think it rather poor etiquette to hand a bag of cash directly to a Royal Prince; not just once, but three times.
Its only poor etiquette if all the correct processes were not actually followed. Because there is no correct process to hand a royal family member a stack of cash in a department store bag.
>Its only poor etiquette if all the correct processes were not actually followed. Because there is no correct process to hand a royal family member a stack of cash in a department store bag.
I’m certainly no expert on British royal etiquette, but that story from a security standpoint alone strikes me as implausible. Someone is out to deflate Charles a bit.