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Friday's Daily TELEGRAPH: "Duke took 1m from Turkish 'fraudster' ". (Original Post)
Yorkie Mom
Mar 2022
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Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)1. I thought of Duke University before that CLOWN?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,262 posts)2. It gets worse, the more you find out
Kaituni is reported to have first introduced Andrew to Turk at a birthday celebration at Windsor Castle sometime between May and June in 2019.
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Kaituni, who was convicted of attempting to smuggle a submachine gun from Holland to France in 2005, is reported to have facilitated meetings between Andrew and the former Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi.
He was reported to have given Andrews eldest daughter, Beatrice, an £18,000 gold and diamond necklace after the prince invited him to her 21st birthday party in Spain in August 2009, months before Andrew allegedly lobbied a British company on his behalf.
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It emerged on Saturday that one of the dukes senior aides had told bankers that the £750,000 payment from Isbilen was for Beatrices wedding. The Daily Mail obtained a transcript of a phone call on 14 November 2019 between Andrews former aide Amanda Thirsk and bankers acting for Isbilen.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/03/more-details-emerge-of-prince-andrews-alleged-links-with-banker-selman-turk
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Kaituni, who was convicted of attempting to smuggle a submachine gun from Holland to France in 2005, is reported to have facilitated meetings between Andrew and the former Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi.
He was reported to have given Andrews eldest daughter, Beatrice, an £18,000 gold and diamond necklace after the prince invited him to her 21st birthday party in Spain in August 2009, months before Andrew allegedly lobbied a British company on his behalf.
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It emerged on Saturday that one of the dukes senior aides had told bankers that the £750,000 payment from Isbilen was for Beatrices wedding. The Daily Mail obtained a transcript of a phone call on 14 November 2019 between Andrews former aide Amanda Thirsk and bankers acting for Isbilen.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/03/more-details-emerge-of-prince-andrews-alleged-links-with-banker-selman-turk
This is Trump-level bribery. And (yes, this is the Daily Mail, but ...)
The alleged fraudster at the heart of the legal battle over huge cash gifts to Prince Andrew has been living in a property owned by the Queen, court papers suggest.
Turkish businessman Selman Turk, 35, has lived in a multi-million-pound flat in a prestigious Mayfair address close to Buckingham Palace and the luxury shops of Piccadilly.
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There has been no 'obvious payment' from Mr Turk's bank accounts to the Crown Estate, witness statements lodged with the High Court claim.
Mr Turk is currently being sued by Turkish millionairess Nebahat Isbilen. Jonathan Tickner, from the law firm Peters & Peters which is representing her, said in a statement: 'Peters & Peters have been unable to ascertain on what basis Mr Turk has occupied the premises.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10677953/Alleged-fraudsters-home-owned-Queen.html
Turkish businessman Selman Turk, 35, has lived in a multi-million-pound flat in a prestigious Mayfair address close to Buckingham Palace and the luxury shops of Piccadilly.
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There has been no 'obvious payment' from Mr Turk's bank accounts to the Crown Estate, witness statements lodged with the High Court claim.
Mr Turk is currently being sued by Turkish millionairess Nebahat Isbilen. Jonathan Tickner, from the law firm Peters & Peters which is representing her, said in a statement: 'Peters & Peters have been unable to ascertain on what basis Mr Turk has occupied the premises.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10677953/Alleged-fraudsters-home-owned-Queen.html
Renting from the Crown Estate wouldn't be unusual in London; but that involves actually paying rent.