Revealed: King’s secret Windsor Castle meeting with former aide who quit over cash for honours scandal

The highly controversial old valet that has to resign from the service three times in the midst of questions about his behavior.

Nevertheless, the post on Sunday may reveal that the King had a secret meeting with Michael Fawcett at Windsor Castle.

Mr. Fawcett was rarely heard to the royal apartments with a rarely used side entrance and was kidnapped in a ‘military -style operation’ declared by his senior palace.

For the first time, the two men first left the 62 -year -old Mr. Fawcett, after a scandal exposed by this newspaper, in 2021 as the general manager of the King’s charity.

For Charles, the unification was the chance to heal the old wounds with the old right man, whom he was once inseparable.

However, it is likely that the man who sees himself as ‘more royal than the royal’ is likely to horror other senior royalities, including Prince William, who are pleased to see.

Last night, a well -placed source said: ‘Majesty never felt that Michael was forced to resign. He often trusts that it is the only person he can do without him.

“ They are their relative souls. This is about verifying the mistakes. In the eyes of the king, Michael is innocent of what he was accused. He was very confident in King Michael. Your king is back. ‘

FAWCETT was rarely used to the royal apartments in Windsor with a rarely used side entrance

Apparent rapprochement, William and Queen Camilla’s king of the king of any official return will be ‘very damaging’ will come.

The news of the meeting spread among the staff with a drunk view about the old valet. One ‘managed the tunnel and often made lives difficult’ he said. Another inside said: ‘Yes, it was cleaned, but the stain remains.’

It seems that the meeting was kept quiet to avoid speculation. A palace source said: ‘Although we do not comment on individual special meetings, his majesty usually organize farewell audiences to leave senior personnel. Some of them may be delayed due to daily prints, status or bad health. ‘

Mr. Fawcett’s decision to ‘fall into his sword’ in 2021 came after offered to help a rich Saudi donor to get a knight and British citizenship.

Earlier this year, a charity keeper found that Mr. Fawcett subsequently exposed to ‘significant risk’ in the scandal, which was later called the Prince Foundation, but was cleaned from abuse. The Scottish Aid Regulatory Office found that Mr. Fawcett was appointed to carry out the charity institution without official responsibility or job definition and was effectively given Carte Blanche.

During the term of office of Mr. Fawcett, there were ‘serious’ and ‘unacceptable’ failures in the administration and that one of the Saudi billionaire Mahfouz Marei Marei Mubarak Bin Mubfouz emphasized the discussion of donations that gave £ 1.5 million.

However, he found that Mr. Fawcett’s actions did not mean abuse, and that he had cleaned the existing and existing Trustees. In 2016, 55 -year -old Mr. Mahfouz received a CBE from Charles at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

The police launched an investigation, but in 2023 they announced that they could not make any other action.

This newspaper announced the proposal of Mr. Fawcett in 2021, a week after publishing a leaked e-mail to an anonymous recipient of the Fixer Michael Wynne-Parker, who told an anonymous recipient and how to maintain accommodation in the Scottish base of the Foundation Dumfries House.

Mr. Fawcett (in the picture) started his 40 -year royal career in 1981 as a low footman to the Queen and rose in ranks

Mr. Wynne-Parker later claimed that the deceased queen was ‘exposed to’ exposed ‘and in the midst of the wider concerns about the effect of the family’ relieved ‘would not have to deal with him again’.

Indeed, Charles once said: ‘I can handle almost no one except Michael.’

Mr. Fawcett began his 40 -year royal career in 1981 as a low footman to the Queen and rose to the ranks.

In 1998, when Charles was a valet assistant, three other servants accused him of using his close proximity to the Prince to ‘throw his weight’. He resigned, but a week later he came back and became a ‘indispensable’ personal assistant of Charles.

In 2003, Mr. Fawcett was accused of selling unwanted royal gifts and taking the share of income and won the nickname ‘Fawcett the Fence’. An internal investigation cleared him from financial abuse, but found that he had received gifts. He left the royal house, but continued to enjoy the Prince’s protection as a free corrector. Later, he became the General Manager of Dumfries House and became the President of the Prince Foundation in 2018.

The king’s reunification with Mr. Fawcett has been coming to the first face -to -face meeting with Prince Harry since February 2024. Some sources show that Charles is thinking of a complete return to tasks after cancer treatment.

However, it is probably trying to draw a line under two painful parts that finally damage her family.