Charles charity: Police pass file on cash-for-honours allegations to CPS

Evidence relating to an alleged cash-for-honours ungraded involving 1 of King Charles III's charities has been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service, constabulary person said.

The Met Police began investigating aft newspapers alleged a erstwhile adjutant to the past Prince offered to assistance a Saudi donor unafraid a knighthood.

The unit said the probe was "ongoing".

A spokesperson for Charles antecedently said helium had "no cognition of the alleged connection of honours".

Anti-monarchy radical Republic made a ceremonial ailment to Met detectives astir Charles and erstwhile adjacent confidant Michael Fawcett successful September 2021, pursuing the paper stories.

Mr Fawcett, who has since resigned arsenic main enforcement of The Prince's Foundation, had been accused of promising to assistance a Saudi billionaire donor execute British citizenship and the honour.

The Met said: "A record was passed to the CPS connected 31 October.

"The probe remains ongoing and we volition not beryllium providing a moving commentary connected its progress."

In September, constabulary said a antheral aged successful his 50s and a antheral successful his 40s had been spoken to nether caution connected 6 September, 2 days earlier the Queen died and Charles became King.

It is understood the King has not been spoken to by police, nor has helium been requested to bash so.

Buckingham Palace said it would not remark connected an ongoing constabulary inquiry.

When the probe was opened successful February, a spokesperson for Charles astatine Clarence House said the past Prince of Wales had "no cognition of the alleged connection of honours oregon British citizenship connected the ground of donation to his charities".