Prince Charles’ ex-aide quits charity role amid honor claims

LONDON (AP) — A erstwhile adjacent adjutant to Prince Charles has stepped down temporarily from his relation arsenic main enforcement of a royal foundation amid reports that helium helped unafraid an grant for a Saudi donor. The Sunday Times and Mail connected Sunday newspapers reported that Michael Fawcett coordinated enactment for an grant for Saudi businessman Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz. The Times said the businessman donated sums of much than 1.5 cardinal pounds ($2.1 million) to The Prince’s Foundation to money practice restoration projects of involvement to Charles, including residences Charles used. The study said Charles gave Mahfouz an honorary CBE oregon Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire astatine a backstage ceremonial successful 2016. The Saudi denies wrongdoing.