Charles 'responsible for ending Qatari deal'?

Published: 25 June 2010

A personal letter from Prince Charles may have motivated the Qatari prime minister to end plans for a £3 billion property development in London
 

Prince Charles' letter urged the prime minister to reconsider the visual impact of the project, which was reportedly of a Brutalist design
 

He described the intended site of the development in Belgravia as one of great historical importance to London
 

The Qatari Diar Real Estate Development  QDRED project would have been situated on the old Chelsea Barracks site opposite the Royal Hospital
 

Communication between the Prince and the prime minister was made public, during an £81 million breach of contract case over the plan to build on the barracks
 

QDRED being sued by its former development partner Christian Candy of the CPP group after it withdrew from the project
 

The site was bought for close to £1 billion by the Qatari company and Christian Candy in May 2006, but original plans for 350 luxury flats were abandoned by the local residents association