Prince Charlesisfacing criticism once againover donations to one of his charities.
According tothe Sunday Times, Charles received a $1.2 million charity donation from Osama bin Laden’s half-brothers in 2013.
According to the outlet,Prince Charlesaccepted the donation to The Prince of Wales' Charitable Fund (PWCF) despite objections from key advisers.
A royal source counters the assertationthat Charles brokered the deal and agreed to accept the donation against the objections of his advisers and that he refused recommendations from some staffers to return the money.
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In 1994, Osama bin Laden’s family publicly disowned him and there is no suggestion that his half-brothers had links to his activities or have any known ties to terrorism.
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A source at the charity adds that the decision was made at the time following a thorough examination of the issues and the conclusion that the actions of one member of the wider family should not discount other members of the family giving donations.
The news comes just one month after Charles reportedly accepted almost $3 million in cash, which was handed to him at his office in bags, from Sheikh Hamad bin Jasseim bin Jaber Al Thani, the former prime minister of Qatar.
A senior source among Charles’s staff later said that the royal would never again accept a large cash donation on behalf of his charities. The source at the palace said that donations had not been made like that in the last five years — and “wouldn’t happen today” — and noted thatPrince Charlespassed the money onto his charities.
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“They followed the right processes and auditors looked at it,” the source said. The Charity Commission, which regulates the non-profit sector in the U.K., has ruled that it will take no action over the donations.
source: people.com
