King Charles averts new scandal
An inquiry has found that the historical governance of King Charles' charity, the King's Foundation, had not always been up to the standard required.
The report comes as the monarch continues to undergo treatment for unspecific form of cancer. The positive aspect of the inquiry was that it did not find any hint of corruption or serious failings.
Citing a report by Newsweek, GB News reported that the Office of the Scottish Charities Regulator found serious and unacceptable failures on the part of the king's charity.
It said the the investigation has spanned years.
The report said, "This finding is in relation to the historical approach to decision-making and record-keeping."
"However, the inquiry did not find evidence of misconduct by any of the former or current trustees who were in office at the time."
According to GB News, the report stated that in considering these issues, the evidence “does not indicate or demonstrate a sustained pattern of inappropriate governance or serious failings in the governance of the charity as a whole.”
It said in relation to the charity’s former CEO, the inquiry found that some of his actions resulted in the charity being exposed to substantial risk.
It was unacceptable that he did not brief the charity trustees on some of these serious issues as soon as they arose.
By not doing so the former charity trustees’ ability to react to the risk faced by the charity was hindered, the report said.
It concluded: “Based on all the information gathered, OSCR does not consider that there was misconduct on the part of the former CEO.”
According to GB News, they reached out to the King's Foundation for a comment but did not write whether they receive any answer.