MAIL ONLINE: A senior Libyan minister was entertained by Prince Andrew at St James's Palace as David Cameron prepared to hold talks with Barack Obama over the Lockerbie bomber, it has emerged.
The official, a key figure in Colonel Gaddafi's cabinet, led a delegation of Libyans who also held talks with a Tory defence minister and with senior Scotland Yard counter terrorism officers.
Abdel-Fatah Yunis al- Obeidi also met a Foreign Office minister during his UK trip.
The Government is now facing demands to explain why the Libyans had been given the 'red carpet treatment' as Mr Cameron was trying to appease the U.S. president over the controversial release last August of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. Continue reading and comment >>> Stephen Wright | Monday, July 26, 2010
