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Socialite, aged 37 splases out £500,000 for Prince Charles 65th Birthday

Billionairess who splashed out £500,000 for Prince Charles’ 65th birthday party faces £350million fraud probe.

A socialite friend of Prince Charles who paid for his lavish 65th birthday party is facing a legal claim for a ‘missing’ £350million.

Priya Hiranandani-Vandrevala gave £500,000 for the prince’s celebrations and sat next to him at the Buckingham Palace party last November.

Priya faces embarrassment over the massive legal case focusing on a ‘missing’ £350million given to the company she headed by London investors including the HSBC.

Mrs Hiranandani-Vandrevala is a leading member of the elite Indian super-rich nicknamed ‘the Bollygarchs’ thanks to her dollar billionaire father Niranjan Hiranandani, 64. He made his money through property investments in Mumbai.