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Prince Charles was facing fresh questions about his charity yesterday after a watchdog said it was investigating payments from a controversial Tory donor who spent £1.7million bailing out the future king's failed eco-village project.
The Prince of Wales personally honoured Lord Brownlow at Buckingham Palace in 2018 after accepting millions of pounds in donations for his charity in a string of secretive deals.
Prince Charles with his mother Queen Elizabeth II in the gardens of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh last month
The peer, who was a policeman before making a fortune in the finance sector, stepped in when Charles struggled to sell properties at Knockroon in East Ayrshire.
Lord Brownlow, whose fortune has been estimated at £271million, also held his 50th birthday party at Dumfries House – Charles' 18th century country estate in Scotland.
The 58-year-old is no stranger to controversy. Last year it emerged he partly funded work at No 11 Downing Street after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's then fiancée, Carrie Symonds, allegedly objected to the 'John Lewis
