Prince charles requesting €1m in cash seems cartoonishly fishy to me

PRINCE CHARLES' COMMONWEALTH COMMENTS SLAMMED BY EXPERT Whichever way you look at it, Prince Charles accepting cash in a carrier bag from a Qatari politician has a decidedly bad whiff

about it. The Prince of Wales has been in hot water recently (Image: Getty) Whilst all the statements from the palace say nothing illegal happened, there is nothing to look at here guv - or

words to that effect - and all procedures were followed, officials must have thought the cash transfer unusual to say the least.  Surely some eyebrows, not just mine, must have been raised?

And there is so much about this story that remains tantalising unanswered - like why did Charles accept cash from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani?  Why did the Sheikh not send the

money via a bacs transfer? Surely that is easier than lugging a million euros across town on 3 separate occasions. And just how big exactly does a bag need to be to hold a million Euros?

Was the money requested in cash? We are also told two of Charles’ advisers hand-counted the money? How long did that take ? Then, once counted, it is believed Palace aids asked Coutts to

come to collect the money.  RELATED ARTICLES Now just a quick question, have you ever tried to hand cash into a bank? It is not that easy. £6,500 is deemed a a "large cash deposit"

that raises red flags and invariably a Spanish Inquisition. The FCA website explains that cash is a high-risk asset in financial crimes, the government’s Money Laundering Regulations

require banks to ask for the source of any large deposit. This money came from a former Prime Minister of Qatar, so you might guess it came from overseas, but you cannot bring more than £10k

in cash into or out of the country without declaring it. Just as an aside, when I lost my seat and I was no longer a Minister or an MP, and was trying to set up a business to start working

again, because I was deemed "politically exposed" I was refused a bank account altogether. Red Flags came up next to my name as someone who had worked in politics. And yet, here we

have millions stuffed into suitcases being accepted by the banks with no problem at all. What on earth were they all thinking? WHAT HAPPENED TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS? Is it me, or is it every

way you turn women's rights are coming under attack?  In America, The Roe v Wade judgment last week sent the women’s movement back 50 years when it removed their constitutional right

to an abortion.  In sport, trans women born as men can compete and beat women and that is viewed as acceptable and fair by the politically correct brigade, and worst of all in politics, the

Labour Party still seem unable to define what a woman is. There has been controversy surrounding trans swimmer Lia Thomas (Image: Getty) WHAT A LOAD OF MUPPETS A student is getting £60,000

of taxpayers’ money to research racist puppets. Yes, you have read that correctly. The project, known as "Grotesque acts of ventriloquism", claims white artists receive funding to

produce puppet representations of people of colour that is often stereotypical. What a load of tosh, or in this case what a load of dosh.  As a fan of the muppets, probably the most famous

puppet show ever, I did not see racism. I saw a fun show - but people seem to see racism in everything these days - especially when they are getting paid to do so - sadly, we will all end up

paying the price. SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS THE RIGHT WAY Children from local authority care are significantly more likely to drop out of University, partly due to having no emotional or

financial family support and no home to go to in the holidays.  So, my heart was lifted when I discovered on of the biggest University housing providers - Unite - has been providing free all

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how difficult it has become for many people and businesses to open new accounts with banks. As a customer of Halifax for many years I am disappointed with their attitude. But what I do know

is any company which treats the views of its customers with such disdain is heading for a fall.