Prince Charles Took Bin Laden Family’s Money

A report in the Times said Prince Charles took the Bin Laden family’s money but noted that there is no evidence to imply that Bakr or Shafiq bin Laden have ever funded or participated in terrorism.

The family of Osama bin Laden sent £1 million ($1.2 million) to Prince Charles' charity in 2013, according to a report in The Times published on Sunday. Only recently has the Prince of Wales been under scrutiny for stealing "bags of cash" from the Qatari royal family.

Following a private meeting with Bakr and Shafiq bin Laden at his London mansion of Clarence House in October 2013, the paper's sources alleged that Charles "brokered the payment." Osama Bin Laden, the founder of Al-Qaeda and the architect of the 9/11 attacks, was shot dead by US special forces in Pakistan two years before to the meeting. Bakr and Shafiq are his half-brothers.

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