Another princely error

rUssIAN bankers. saudi businessmen. Qatari politicians wielding carrier bags stuffed with €500 notes.

Anyone observing the steady drip of disclosures about donors linked to the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation would be entitled to think the heir to the throne keeps remarkably poor company.

But the latest revelation that he accepted £1million from the family of Osama bin Laden is surely the most damaging of all.

sources close to the Foundation point out the Bin Ladens have long since washed their hands of their terrorist relative. But for the Prince not to recognise how tainted their name remains displays naivety.

Charles is rightly proud of his charitable work, but his connection to questionable characters in pursuit of his legacy have left an indelible stain on his reputation.

We can only hope he shows better judgment in future. The very future of the monarchy depends on it.