Meanwhile in the UK the front page news for the last few weeks has been the story of the Chelsea Barracks development saga.
Key players are Sheikh Hamad, Qatari Diar and Prince Charles, amongst others. Strangely (ha!) that story is yet to be printed in the local papers here.
No one in New York will be giving a moment's thought to Qatar right now, but in London, the Emir is at the center of a multi million pound legal dispute splashed over the pages of all the major newspapers.
The short version:
Prince Charles accused of persuading Emir of Qatar to scrap project
(AFP) – 1 day ago
LONDON — One of London's leading property developers told a court Tuesday he believed Prince Charles persuaded the Emir of Qatar to block Britain's most expensive housing project.
Christian Candy is suing his Qatari partners in the prestigious Chelsea Barracks scheme in central London for 81 million pounds for breach of contract.
Candy said in evidence to a High Court judge that he found out in March last year that Prince Charles had written a letter criticising the plans by leading architect Richard Rogers, best known for the iconic Pompidou Centre in Paris. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gKSi6QkC__kNm1_Lz8mmb...
Meanwhile in the UK the front page news for the last few weeks has been the story of the Chelsea Barracks development saga.
Key players are Sheikh Hamad, Qatari Diar and Prince Charles, amongst others. Strangely (ha!) that story is yet to be printed in the local papers here.
No one in New York will be giving a moment's thought to Qatar right now, but in London, the Emir is at the center of a multi million pound legal dispute splashed over the pages of all the major newspapers.
The short version:
Prince Charles accused of persuading Emir of Qatar to scrap project
(AFP) – 1 day ago
LONDON — One of London's leading property developers told a court Tuesday he believed Prince Charles persuaded the Emir of Qatar to block Britain's most expensive housing project.
Christian Candy is suing his Qatari partners in the prestigious Chelsea Barracks scheme in central London for 81 million pounds for breach of contract.
Candy said in evidence to a High Court judge that he found out in March last year that Prince Charles had written a letter criticising the plans by leading architect Richard Rogers, best known for the iconic Pompidou Centre in Paris.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gKSi6QkC__kNm1_Lz8mmb...