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Banker Fred slips back into Britain; FINANCE.


Byline: STEPHEN MOYES

FRED the Shred shuffled on to a plane yesterday with a look which seemed to say "please don't recognise me".

Disgraced banker Sir Fred Goodwin, 50, was flying from Heathrow to his bolthole bolt·hole  
n.
1. A hole through which to bolt: found a bolthole in the fencing.

2. A place affording escape:
 on the French Riviera after enjoying a slap-up meal with Prince Charles as the outgoing chairman of the Princes Trust.

Clutching a plastic bag and staring down, he appeared desperate to go unnoticed.

Goodwin quit the Trust following the scandal that saw the Royal Bank rescued by a pounds 20billion bail-out, while he walked away with a pounds 16million pension pot.

The former RBS RBS Royal Bank of Scotland
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 chief has been in hiding to escape the outrage that accompanied his vast "reward for failure".

But some doubted a Royal lunch was appropriate.

The SNP SNP Scottish National Party

Noun 1. SNP - (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily
 said: "While the Prince's Trust does a great job supporting young people, that Sir Fred's contribution is being marked in this way raises questions."

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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Jul 22, 2009
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