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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Butler Social policy editor

Fixer for donations to king’s charities banned from trustee and director roles

Michael Wynne-Parker
Michael Wynne-Parker has been disqualified from running a charity for 12 years by the Charity Commission. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

A society fixer who acted as a middleman for more than £500,000 of donations to King Charles’s charities from a wealthy Russian banker has been disqualified from running a charity after a highly critical watchdog inquiry report.

The Charity Commission said the conduct of Michael Wynne-Parker, revealed during its investigation into the Mahfouz Foundation charity, showed him to be unfit to be a charity trustee or director and banned him for 12 years.

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