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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Did King Charles's former right-hand man Michael Fawcett sell £1.3million home to pay off son's £700,000 debts?


Decades before becoming chief executive of The Prince's Foundation Michael Fawcett supplemented his income as a Buckingham Palace footman by taking a job in a menswear shop.

Decades before becoming chief executive of The Prince's Foundation – and one of the future King Charles's most trusted confidants – Michael Fawcett supplemented his modest income as a Buckingham Palace footman by taking a Saturday job in a menswear shop. In 2021 Michael – who reputedly squeezed toothpaste onto the royal toothbrush after Charles suffered a severe fall playing polo – resigned from the foundation following allegations that he'd discussed securing British citizenship and a knighthood for a Saudi tycoon. The club's general committee allowed Dames Judi Dench and Sian Phillips to join as 'distinguished' members, but now its official magazine complains some ladies believe 'all female candidates would get the same fast-track treatment'.

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