The London Metropolitan Police introduced Monday that they won’t be taking additional motion into an investigation over whether or not an official from King Charles’s charity The Prince’s Foundation supplied a Saudi citizen honours in alternate for a donation.
In its statement, the Metropolitan Police mentioned:
A file was handed to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on 31 October 2022 for early investigative recommendation. Offences underneath the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 and Bribery Act 2010 had been thought-about … With the advantage of the CPS’s early investigative recommendation, and after cautious consideration of the data acquired because of the investigation to this point, the Met has concluded that no additional motion shall be taken on this matter.
The Met mentioned that no one has been arrested because of this investigation.
One other one of many King’s charities, The Prince’s Trust, had been on the centre of allegations that donations had been used to affect the monarch when he was Prince of Wales. The OSCR, the Scottish charity regulator, continues to be undertaking its personal investigations into the usage of funds by The Prince’s Belief.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson mentioned, “We’ve famous the choice of the Metropolitan Police Service. All different inquiries are a matter for the Prince’s Basis.”
