The Sunday Times reports an allegation from a top Tory donor that Ben Elliot, the Conservative party’s co-chair, “profited” from giving wealthy clients of his firm Quintessentially access to the Prince of Wales. It claims that Mr Elliot, the Duchess of Cornwall’s nephew, introduced Mohamed Amersi, a telecoms millionaire who it says paid an annual fee of £15,000 to be an “elite” member of Quintessentially, to the future king, before the firm organised for him to meet Charles over an “intimate dinner” at Dumfries House in Scotland. Mr Amersi, who later became a member of the prince’s inner circle and a trustee of one of his charities, described the arrangement as “access capitalism”. However, a spokesman for Mr Elliot told the paper that he had helped Mr Amersi meet Charles “because he wanted to support the prince’s charitable work”. The spokesman added that Mr Elliot had helped raise more than £13m for charities through the Quintessentially Foundation and was “proud” of this work.