Prince Charles: calls for investigations into ‘cash in bags’ controversy

Government and Charity Commission urged to examine claims Qatari sheikh donated 3m

Prince Charles faced fresh controversy over the funding of his charities on Sunday, with calls for the government and the Charity Commission to investigate claims he accepted3m in cash from a billionaire Qatari sheikh.

Claims in the Sunday Times that Charles accepted three donations between 2011 and 2015 from former Qatari prime minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani - known as HBJ" - were described as shocking" by critics. One donation, totalling 1m, was reportedly handed over in a small suitcase and another was stuffed in a carrier bag from upmarket department store Fortnum & Mason.