As if the British royal family didn’t have enough worries, there is now also a stir about donations from Qatar, which Prince Charles is said to have received. But the 73-year-old is not aware of any guilt. And in fact, his approach is probably in line with common practice.

In the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70th jubilee, the British royal family will not rest. A report by the “Sunday Times” is causing a stir, according to which Prince Charles accepted a total of three cash donations from the desert state of Qatar totaling three million euros between 2011 and 2015. The question arises: Did everything go right?

Clarence House, the personal office of Prince Charles, has now had to issue a statement denying any wrongdoing by the heir to the throne. It says, among other things: “The charitable donations made by Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim were immediately forwarded to one of the prince’s charitable organizations.” All the requirements were correctly followed.

Some of the money from Qatar was stuffed in cash into shopping bags and personally handed over to the prince by the former prime minister, the unveiling report said. Prince Charles then sent the donation to his “The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund”, which, in addition to many charitable tasks, is also responsible for the administration of the royal estates in Scotland.

According to “The Sun”, a commission should now examine the events in detail and possibly also question the heir to the throne. However, the British media have no real doubts about the legality of the procedure, and cash donations can also be accepted from members of the royal family. A passage that excludes such behavior is not anchored in the royal statutes.

Nevertheless, the procedure in Great Britain has been highly controversial for years. Prince Charles has been criticized several times after cash payments from Russian and Saudi Arabian elites became known. Opponents of the British monarchy are calling for an immediate ban on such cash donations to the royal family. Also the fact that the money of the Qataris was loose in a shopping bag from the London luxury department store Fortnum