three years ago, he became chief executive of the prince�*s foundation — an umbrella group for a numberharitable interests. newspaper reports allege that mr fawcett offered to assist a wealthy saudi national and major donor to the prince�*s foundation with citizenship and with an honour. mahfouz marei mubarak bin mahfouz received an honorary cbe in late 2016. 0ne palace source stressed the distance between prince charles�* office and his foundation, but michael fawcett is renowned for his closeness to prince charles and this is an embarrassment for the prince. the foundation said it took the allegations very seriously and that the matter is under investigation. the foundation failed to respond to a number of other allegations raised by the newspapers. in the last few minutes we�*ve received these latest pictures of michael fawcett returning to his home this morning. he didn�*t respond to the questions put to him there but said he is cooperating with the investigation. the saudi businessman named in the story denies any wrongdoing says he didn�*t expect anything in return for his donatio

three years ago, he became chief executive of the prince�*s foundation, an umbrella group for a numberge that mr fawcett offered to assist a wealthy saudi national and major donor to the prince�*s foundation with citizenship and with an honour. mahfouz marei mubarak bin mahfouz received an honorary cbe in late 2016. one former government minister who�*s written books on royal finances wants a police investigation into the allegations. in 2013, mr fawcett resigned from a previous job with the royal family after an internal report criticised the running of the royal household. -- in 2003. now, michael fawcett�*s been forced to resign twice already, and both times, under cover of darkness, almost, he was reinstated by prince charles when the hoo—hah died down. so, prince charles is very, very closely linked with this man, and i�*m sure that whatever michael fawcett did would have been done with the full support of prince charles. prince charles needs to answer questions about this, not michael fawcett. the met says it�*s aware of media reports. the prince�*s foundation, based at dumfries

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