Charles reportedly met with Bakr bin Laden, the patriarch of the Saudi family, and his brother at Clarence House in London on Oct. 30, 2013, to broker the payment.
Prince Charles personally worked to secure a 1 million pound donation for his charity from the family of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, according to a report.
The paper reported that the future king agreed to the contribution despite objections from his advisors at Clarence House, the prince’s London residence, and at the, saying at least one of the organization’s trustees pleaded with him to return the cash. “The fact that a member of the highest level of the British establishment was choosing to broker deals with a name and a family that not only rang alarm bells, but abject horror around the world . . . why would you do this? What good reason is there to do this?” a source told the paper.
Sir Ian Cheshire, the chairman of the Prince of Wales Charitable Fund told the STOL that the donation was agreed to “wholly” by the organization’s five trustees.
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