The spotlight in the HSBC affair last night fell on links between Richard Caring and Tina Green (right), the wife of Sir Philip Green (far left). Nightclub tycoon Mr Caring (pictured third left at a charity ball with wife Jackie and Bill Clinton) withdrew £2.25m in cash in Geneva in 2005, which he insisted was for a business deal with people who did not want to use HSBC.
According to bank files seen by the BBC’s Panorama and The Guardian, money in the account originated from accounts in Monaco which, it is alleged, were ‘held in trust’ in Tina Green’s name. But Sir Philip strongly denied the claims, and it emerged last night he is considering legal action against the Guardian. ‘No such account exists, or ever has done in the past’, a spokesman said.Read MORE