The CEO of NatWest has said she made a ‘serious error of judgment’ after admitting she was the source of a BBC story about Nigel Farage’s account with the company’s private bank Coutts.
However, documents from Coutts haveindicating the account was shut because the bank found Mr Farage’s public statements did ‘not align’ with its values.
The BBC has since apologised to Mr Farage, as they acknowledged ‘that the information we reported […] turned out not to be accurate’. She wrote: ‘I recognise that in my conversations with Simon Jack of the BBC, I made a serious error of judgment in discussing Mr Farage’s relationship with the bank.
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