‘Cash for honours’ police haven’t spoken with Prince Charles valet Michael Fawcett a year on from allegation
- Michael Fawcett was forced to quit as chief executive of The Prince’s Foundation
- It was amid claims he helped to secure an honour for a Saudi tycoon who donated more than £1.5 million to royal causes
- Scotland Yard’s special enquiry team began examining the allegations
- But six months on, the former valet Mr Fawcett has not been interviewed
Prince Charles’s former right-hand man has not been questioned by police almost a year after he was accused of being part of a ‘cash for honours’ scandal.
Michael Fawcett, 59, was forced to quit as chief executive of The Prince’s Foundation amid claims he helped to secure an honour for a Saudi tycoon who donated more than £1.5 million to royal causes.
The former valet was accused of helping to ‘fix’ a CBE for Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz, 52, who was honoured by the prince at Buckingham Palace after pledging large sums to help restore royal residences in Scotland.
Michael Fawcett, 59, was forced to quit as chief executive of The Prince’s Foundation amid claims he helped to secure an honour for a Saudi tycoon who donated more than £1.5 million to royal causes
Scotland Yard’s special enquiry team began examining the allegations after they appeared in The Sunday Times last September.
In February, it launched a full investigation into potential offences committed under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 – raising the prospect of Charles being interviewed by the police.
But six months on, Mr Fawcett has not been interviewed. His wife, Debbie, said: ‘No questions have been submitted by the police. My husband… will fully co-operate with the police.’
In February, it launched a full investigation into potential offences committed under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 – raising the prospect of Charles being interviewed by the police
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