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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Caroline Davies

Prince Charles’s charities are no stranger to controversy

The Prince of Wales with Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani near Doha, Qatar
The Prince of Wales with Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani near Doha, Qatar. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

Claims by the Sunday Times of alleged cash donations given to the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund by a former Qatari prime minister are the latest to throw a spotlight on fundraising for the heir to the throne’s charities.

The billionaire Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani, who was Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister between 2007 and 2013, is a contentious figure.

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