The first Premier issue was launched on 15 March 1994 with a cover date of April 1994 and a print run of 75,000[4] although later that year sales were well below the breakeven target of 35,000 a month.
In his first editorial, Cruickshank wrote that "Perspectives is concerned with the care and conservation of the best aspects of our built history and the countryside, and with the protection of the landscape, but it is also committed to the evolution of a new architecture which combines temporary technology with the inspirational ideas offered by traditional buildings...
"[6] After the Government announced in 2010 that it would withdraw funding for CABE (successor body to the Royal Fine Arts Commission, est.
[11] In August 2021, it was announced that the foundation was launching an investigation into the reports that middlemen took cuts for setting up dinners involving wealthy donors and King Charles, with prices as high as £100,000 and the fixers taking up to 25% of the fees.
[13] Charles gave Mahfouz his Honorary CBE at a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace in November 2016, though the event was not published in the Court Circular.
[17] The auditing firm EY, which was hired by the charity to carry out an investigation, published a summary report in December 2021, stating that Fawcett had co-ordinated with "fixers", but there was "no evidence that trustees at the time were aware of these communications".
[21] In August 2023, the Metropolitan Police announced that after speaking with a number of witnesses and reviewing over 200 documents they had concluded their investigations and no further actions would be taken.
"[26] In 2021, the foundation's chairman Douglas Connell quit his job over claims the charity had accepted a £200,000 donation from Russian convict,[27][28] Dmitry Leus, with the prince thanking the businessman in a letter and suggesting a meeting.
[30] Clarence House responded that Charles had "no knowledge of the alleged offer of honours or British citizenship on the basis of donation to his charities and fully supports the investigation".
They found no evidence of wrongdoing by Fawcett or the foundation's trustees, but they did find it "unacceptable" that he had failed to inform colleagues about problems that had emerged about funding and donations.