Went down at the last minute having visited my daughter nearby. Not much to add to what others have posted about the content. The tweets are informative but don't cover the questions asked. The fact the Prince was there and fronted questions answering what he could mixed in with some humour seemed to go down well.
Only two uncomfortable moments. Firstly when someone said it was a disgrace Kevin McCabe hadn't been thanked by the Club following the Judgement. Now he was probably entitled to respond " have you seen what he's said about me" but he didn't he answered with a measure of dignity and said KM would be welcome at the Club and they had recently dined together. Secondly someone was droning on about it being a disgrace the Prince took money from Bin Laden and he didn't believe the Prince had any money and there were question marks about his dealings. Prince provided a terse response " read the Judgement" which he did on a few other occasions.
From a legal perspective his solicitor confirmed they expected the SUL shares to be received in the next 4 weeks. That would fit with getting the grounds to Appeal Hearing out of the way but I'm guessing assumes the application fails.
The property valuations will ultimately be resolved in Court if they fail to agree price. That looks inevitable at the moment.
He answered my question about Investors saying there were none in the background and he wasn't looking to form partnerships again the only 50/50 being the one with his wife.
He didn't know Yusef G had said at Court they had investors in the background but I'll give him a pass on that one. He later added the way to bring money into the Club is through Sponsors and there were many in his homeland who were interested.
CW looked comfortable throughout and in answer to a good question about what was his reaction to KM saying he had a lot of thinking to do he said " I work for the Club."
A few myths dispelled tonight. CW was clear about JVW role at the Club, it isn't an issue for him. The Prince does not have a problem with women. I was served by a young lady behind the bar although she should have been wearing a mask and asking me to stand and deliver for the exorbitant £4.60 I got charged for a pint. His daughter will also be on the Board and be responsible for the womens football team. You get the impression the upgrading of facilities at Shirecliffe may one of the first actions as his daughter wasn't impressed when she trained with SUFC women.
I've been to a number of these now and that was one of the better ones. The standard of questions have improved and were probing particularly around investment and wealth. You're not going to get all the answers you want. Time for action now not words and PA said as much.
