(ANSA) – ROME, JUL 31 – In 2013 Prince Charles accepted a million pounds donation for his charitable fund from the family to which Osama bin Laden, the terrorist leader founder of Al Qaeda, also belonged, killed in a blitz USA in Pakistan two years earlier. The Sunday Times writes, also reported by other British media, according to which the generous donor was Bakr bin Laden, patriarch of the wealthy Saudi family, together with his brother Shafiq, both half brothers of Osama. According to the Sunday Times, Carlo had a meeting with Bakr, now 76 / year old, at his London residence, Clarence House.
In the Times article, there is no insinuation of the bin Laden brothers’ relationship with terrorism or illegal or irregular actions. Bakr and Shafiq are linked to the former head of Al Qaeda by their common father Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, a Saudi billionaire of Yemeni origins.
For its part, Clarence House disputes the circumstances of the Prince of Wales meeting, stating that the decision to accept donations to the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund (PWCF) was made only by trustees. Sir Ian Cheshire, president of the foundation, specifies in a note, quoted by the Guardian: “Sheikh Bakr bin Laden’s donation was carefully examined by the Pwcf trustees” and that “due diligence investigations were conducted, obtaining information from a wide range of sources, including government. ” (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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