It found charity funds were used to pay for Campbell’s stay at a five-star hotel in Cannes, France, as well as spa treatments, room service and cigarettes. The British supermodel is one of three of the charity’s trustees to be disqualified as a result of the probe. Bianka Hellmich has been disqualified as a trustee for nine years, and Veronica Chou for four years, alongside Campbell’s five-year ban.
It means they are prevented from being a trustee or holding a senior management role in any charity in England and Wales for the length of the disqualification. Campbell’s disqualification comes as she accepted a French award that recognises significant contributions to the arts and literature. She was made a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters at the French Ministry for Culture hours after the Charity Commission announced its findings on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters, Campbell said: “I just found out today about the findings, and I’m extremely concerned, and we are investigating on our side as I was not in control of my charity, I put the control in the hands of a lawyer. “And so we are investigating to find out what and how, as everything I do and every penny I ever raised goes towards charities.” The commission registers and regulates charities in England and Wales, and opened an inquiry into Fashion for Relief in 2021.
The charity, which it says was founded by Campbell in 2015, was dissolved and removed from the register of charities earlier this year. It.
