Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
Most papers on Thursday report on the Metropolitan Police investigation into claims that Prince Charles’ charity offered honours help to a Saudi citizen. The ongoing Ukraine crisis also features on the front pages – and further royal stories, including the Queen paying some of Prince Andrew’s reported £12m bill to settle his US sex assault case.
The Daily Mirror writes that the Queen will pay £2m to Prince Andrew’s settlement with his accuser Virginia Giuffre. The paper also reports on a police investigation into Prince Charles’s charity.
The Daily Express also leads on the news that the Prince of Wales’s charity is facing a police probe.
The Queen has returned to duty as she carried out her first face-to-face engagement at Windsor Castle since December, The Sun reports.
The Prince of Wales is facing a police investigation over claims his charity secured a CBE for a Saudi businessman who had donated £1.5m, writes Metro.
According to The Independent, NATO is planning to deploy extra combat units to central and southeastern Europe, after it accused Russia of failing to pull troops back from the Ukrainian border.
The Guardian leads with after Scotland and Wales opened the vaccine programme for children aged five to 11 earlier in the week, England followed suit with Health Secretary Sajid Javid announcing that the age group will, from April, be able to get the COVID jab.
