Article 5WAZN Fixer tells of meeting with Prince Charles’s aide to discuss Saudi honour

Fixer tells of meeting with Prince Charles’s aide to discuss Saudi honour

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Prince's Foundation middleman says in 2014 he attended talk about award for billionaire donor

A businessman involved in arranging donations for Prince Charles's charitable ventures has confirmed how a 30-minute meeting at Clarence House helped secure an honorary CBE for a Saudi billionaire, which is now at the centre of a police investigation.

Michael Wynne-Parker, who acted as a middleman for donations for the Prince's Foundation, attended a meeting in September 2014 with Royal aide Michael Fawcett. A key topic of the meeting was the ambition of securing an honour for the Saudi billionaire and charity donor Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz.

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