Police have decided to take no further action against King Charles’s leading charity The Prince’s Foundation over cash-for-honours allegations.
The Metropolitan Police said the decision followed advice from prosecutors and consideration of the information received to date.
It launched an investigation in February last year following a series of reports accusing former close confidant to the King Michael Fawcett of promising to help a Saudi billionaire donor achieve British citizenship and a knighthood.
Mr Fawcett resigned as chief executive of The Prince’s Foundation in the wake of the allegations.
But on Monday police said having interviewed several witnesses and examined more than 200 documents no further action would be taken.
The Met said in a statement: “A file was passed to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on 31 October 2022 for early investigative advice. Offences under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 and Bribery Act 2010 were considered.
“With the benefit of the CPS’s early investigative advice, and after careful consideration of the information received as a result of the investigation to date, the Met has concluded that no further action will be taken in this matter.
“Should any new information or evidence come to light that requires further assessment, this will be carried out by the Met’s SET. Nobody has been arrested or charged during the course of this investigation.”
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