Move over Prince Andrew, because it looks like there is another member of the British Royal Family that might be shadier than you.
There’s a new report that says Queen Elizabeth’s cousin, Prince Michael of Kent, is being accused of using his royal status to sell privileged access to Russia’s Vladimir Putin and his regime following an undercover investigation. Here’s what you need to know.
Reports say that Prince Michael offered his royal endorsement in exchange for a $200,000 fee during a virtual meeting and was happy to use his home in Kensington Palace as a backdrop for a speech promoting a fake South Korean gold company.
Queen Elizabeth’s Cousin Prince Michael Of Kent Just Did Something Shady
Undercover reporters, posing as investors from a South Korean business, were told Prince Michael of Kent could be hired for tens of thousands of pounds a day to make confidential representations for Putin.
Britain’s Channel 4’s Dispatches program, in collaboration with The Sunday Times, set up a fake South Korean gold firm called House of Haedong. It’s been noted that Prince Michael takes no income from the civil list – or at least he shouldn’t – and earns a living as chairman of his own private company, which offers advice on a consultancy basis.
The prince has so far denied the claims, but released a statement anyway. His spokesperson said that the marquess had “made suggestions which Prince Michael would not have wanted, or been able, to fulfil” during the covertly-recorded meeting.
They added: “As is standard practice, Prince Michael’s private secretary made it clear to the company’s representatives during their conversations that nothing could proceed without the agreement of the British Embassy and the help of the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, of which Prince Michael is patron.”
So far Buckingham Palace has not made any comments about the matter.
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