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‘The man who bought London’: Qatar billionaire behind Prince Charles scandal
Former PM of Qatar was one of Time’s ‘most influential people’ and named in both Panama and Pandora Papers
From 2000 until 2013, al-Thani oversaw a series of high-profile investments in corporate Britain that included Harrods, the Shard (which is owned 95% by Qatar), London’s Olympic Village and Park Lane’s InterContinental hotel.
According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, it was revealed that al-Thani used offshore companies to manage his superyacht moored in Mallorca, Al Mirqab, which is estimated to be worth $300m.
Qatar’s investment in Barclays during the financial crisis in 2008, when al-Thani was prime minister, became the centre of a criminal trial over the controversial services deal struck between the lender and the small Gulf state. Three former Barclays executives were accused of devising fraudulent advisory services agreements to disguise payments worth £322m to Qatar.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/26/the-man-who-bought-london-qatar-billionaire-behind-prince-charles-scandal