Prince Charles loses second boss at his troubled charity The Prince’s Basis – as superwomen are drafted in to clear up the mess

  • Chris Martin has left his director function at Charles’ charity The Prince’s Basis
  • His departure comes after aide Michael Fawcett left over an honours scandal  
  • Claimed Mr Fawcett provided to help honour improve for a Saudi billionaire after making ‘beneficiant’ donations to the charity
  • Impartial probe discovered Mr Fawcett had labored with ‘fixers’ to safe honours
  • Scotland Yard is believed to be investigating the ‘money for favours’ scandal










A second govt has left Prince Charles’s troubled charity, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Chris Martin, who was govt director of growth at The Prince’s Basis, has adopted the Prince’s most trusted aide, Michael Fawcett, out the door after quitting his function.

The MoS printed a damning letter final September from Mr Fawcett to billionaire Saudi donor Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz.

Chris Martin, who was executive director of development at The Prince's Foundation, has left Prince Charles's troubled charity, The Mail on Sunday can reveal

Chris Martin, who was govt director of growth at The Prince’s Basis, has left Prince Charles’s troubled charity, The Mail on Sunday can reveal

Mr Martin has followed the Prince's most trusted aide, Michael Fawcett (pictured), out the door. Mr Fawcett left his role after the Mail on Sunday published a damning letter last year showing he had offered to support an upgrade to a Saudi billionaire's honour in acknowledgement of his 'generous' donations to the charity

Mr Martin has adopted the Prince’s most trusted aide, Michael Fawcett (pictured), out the door. Mr Fawcett left his function after the Mail on Sunday printed a damning letter final yr displaying he had provided to help an improve to a Saudi billionaire’s honour in acknowledgement of his ‘beneficiant’ donations to the charity

Written in 2017, Mr Fawcett provided to help an improve to Dr Bin Mahfouz’s honour from a CBE to a knighthood and to assist along with his utility for British citizenship in acknowledgement of his ‘beneficiant’ donations to the charity.

An impartial probe ordered by the Basis, which runs Dumfries Home – a Palladian nation home in Ayrshire saved for the nation by Prince Charles – discovered Mr Fawcett had labored with ‘fixers’ to safe honours for a rich donor.

Scotland Yard is believed to be investigating the ‘money for favours’ scandal. However Dr Bin Mahfouz denies wrongdoing and Clarence Home insists Charles had ‘no information of the alleged provide of honours or British citizenship on the premise of donation to his charities’.

An insider mentioned: ‘A couple of folks have let the Basis down for their very own functions.’

Rosemary Hilary

Ann Limb

To rehabilitate its tarnished status, the Basis has recruited 4 ‘superwomen’ with confirmed observe information. Rosemary Hilary (left), a senior auditor, arrived in June, together with Ann Limb (proper), the primary feminine chairwoman of the Scout Affiliation.

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Emily Cherrington

In October, the belief took on high-flying lawyer Sarah de Homosexual (left), a member of the Authorities Advisory Committee on Enterprise Appointments. On the finish of final yr, the charity’s chief working officer, Emily Cherrington (proper), was made chief govt

Mr Martin, in the meantime, stepped apart quickly across the time the probe started. A supply has confirmed he has now resigned after three years with the Basis, though it’s not recognized why he stop.

To rehabilitate its tarnished status, the Basis has recruited 4 ‘superwomen’ with confirmed observe information.

Rosemary Hilary, a senior auditor, arrived in June, together with Ann Limb, the primary feminine chairwoman of the Scout Affiliation.

In October, the belief took on high-flying lawyer Sarah de Homosexual, a member of the Authorities Advisory Committee on Enterprise Appointments.

On the finish of final yr, the charity’s chief working officer, Emily Cherrington, was made chief govt with the insider describing her as a ‘secure pair of palms’.

The Basis and Clarence Home didn’t remark final night time.

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