Prince Charles accepted donation from Osama Bin Laden's family, claims report

Prince Charles' the Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund (PWCF) received a £1m donation from relatives of Osama bin Laden, according to a report. Prince Charles accepted the payment from Bakr bin Laden and his brother Shafiq, The Sunday Times reported. Both Bakr and Shafiq are half brothers of Osama Bin Laden.

Price Charles met Bakr at Clarence House in London on 30 October 2013, the report claimed. Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces in 2011 in Pakistan's Abbottabad.

The report stated there was resistance to accepting the money from the Prince of Wales Charitable Fund and advisors at the Clarence House, the Prince's residence in London.


Al-Qaeda, co-founded by Laden, has been designated as a terror outfit by European Union, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and United Nations Security Council.

Prince Charles was advised not to accept funds:
It is said in the report that a trustee of the PWCF pleaded to return the payment. Prince Charles was advised that there might be national and even international consequences if he accepted the money. He was apprised that if the information is leaked, the incident would ruin his reputation, according to to report.

The advisors even advised that the family sending the money was a "real horror" worldwide.

Someone familiar with the transaction said if a member of a British establishment, who sits at the highest level, accepts and brokers such deals, rings alarm bells. It is also a thing of horror, according to the source. He questioned why the Prince would do something like this and the reason, the report said.