A HUGE leak of secret documents - dubbed the Paradise Papers - has reportedly linked the world's biggest companies, celebrities and political figures to investing cash in offshore tax havens.

Of the 13.4 million documents released in the Paradise Papers,

The Queen's private estate, Bono and one of Donald Trump's closest advisers are among those named as more than 13 million leaked files showing the financial dealings of the super-rich. We take a look at who has been implicated in the tax haven leak.

7 An estate managed for the Queen uses an offshore tax haven, it has been reported Credit: Getty - Pool

The Queen

It is alleged that the Duchy of Lancaster, which handles the Queen's £500m estate and investments, has held funds in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda.

Around £10 million of the Queen's private cash is said to have been tied up in offshore portfolios, the BBC reports.

There is nothing to suggest that any investments are illegal, the broadcaster added.

The estate also had small investments in the controversial rent-to-buy retailer BrightHouse and the Threshers chain of off-licences, which went bust owing £17.5m in tax and costing almost 6,000 people their livelihood.

BrightHouse was recently ordered to pay £14.8 MILLION pounds to 249,000 customers after the financial watchdog found it had treated them unfairly.

A spokesperson for the Duchy of Lancaster said: “We operate a number of investments and a few of these are with overseas funds. All of our investments are fully audited and legitimate.

“The Dover Street investment was bought in 2005 and forms only 0.3% of the total value of the Duchy.

“The Duchy's investment in Bright House is through a third party and equates to £3,208 - just 0.0006% of the Duchy’s value.

“The Queen voluntarily pays tax on any income She receives from the Duchy.”

Prince Charles

Prince Charles’s private estate, the Duchy of Cornwall, secretly invested £2.96million in four funds in the Cayman Islands, the leaked Paradise Papers show.

In the same year the Duchy secretly bought £86,000 shares in Bermuda-based Sustaina­ble Fo­restry Management Ltd, where Charles’ late pal Hugh van Cutsem was a director.

Weeks later the prince, 68, began campaigning on environmental agreements which would boost the firm’s shares, without declaring his investment, papers say.

Charles’ estate almost tripled its money in just over a year, although it is not clear why.

The Duchy of Cornwall says Charles has no direct involvement in its investments.

A Clarence House spokesman said the Prince of Wales “has never chosen to speak out on a topic simply because of a company that the Duchy may have invested in”.

He added: "In the case of climate change his views are well-known, indeed he has been warning of the threat of global warming to our environment for over 30 years.

"Carbon markets are just one example that the prince has championed since the 1990s and which he continues to promote today."

7 Prince Charles' estate invested nearly £3million in four offshore firms, leaks show Credit: Getty Images - Getty

Donald Trump's aides

US President Donald Trump's commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, is allegedly shown to have cash in a shipping company which deals with Russian leader Vladimir Putin's son-in-law.

The Russian firm navigator, in which the offshore investments are reportedly held, has a partnership with Sibur, a gas company co-owned by Kirill Shamalov, who is married to Mr Putin's daughter.

Daniel Fried, an assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs under George W Bush, said Ross’s connection to “cronies of Putin” is extremely troubling.

He told the Guardian: "I don’t understand why anybody would decide to maintain this kind of relationship going into a senior government position.

"What is he thinking?"

Commerce Department spokesman James Rockas said Ross "never met" Shamalov and has generally supported the Trump administration's sanctions against Russia, according to the ICIJ report.

Rockas added that Ross has withdrawn from matters related to transoceanic shipping vessels and has met the "highest ethical standards."

The details are likely to add to the questions about ties between Russia and the Trump administration, connections that for months have shadowed the White House and are a focus of an investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.

7 An analyst described Wilbur Ross's links to Russia as troubling Credit: EPA

Lord Ashcroft

The leaked documents suggest Tory donor Lord Ashcroft ignored rules around the management of his offshore investments.

The peer gave assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the Punta Gorda Trust in Bermuda in 2000.

The Paradise Papers suggests he sometimes made decisions without consulting trust officials. Tax authorities could now investigate the trust.

Lord Ashcroft said he would not respond to BBC Panorama's requests for a comment because of the way he has been treated by them in the past.

The 71-year-old has given millions of pounds in donations to the Tories.

7 Tory donor Lord Ashcroft is also named in the explosive documents Credit: Richard Goldschmidt

Bono

U2 frontman Bono used low-tax Malta to buy a share in a Lithuanian shopping centre, according to the explosive "Paradise Papers" leak.

The mega-wealthy Irish rock star, real name Paul Hewson, invested in the Maltese company Nude Estates to buy a stake in the Ausra Mall in the town of Utena.

He ploughed £5.1m into the shopping centre shortly after it opened in 2007.

Bono’s spokeswoman told the Guardian: “Bono was a passive, minority investor in Nude Estates Malta Ltd, a company that was legally registered in Malta until it was voluntarily wound up in 2015.

"Malta is a well-established holding company jurisdiction within the EU.”

7 Bono has invested in a shopping centre in Lithuania, leaked document have revealed Credit: Rex Features

Former Commercial Secretary James Meyer Sassoon

Former Treasury minister James Meyer Sassoon was mentioned in the explosive Paradise Papers.

The business executive and ex-politician was found to be a beneficiary of a Cayman Island trust fund called the DCR Herschorn Settlement, set up by Sassoon’s grandmother.

Documents state that the trust owns Orchard Limited, an investment holding company listed as residing in the Bahamas.

By April 2007, its holdings had nearly doubled to $236million (£180million), and that year, Orchard distributed $8million (£6.1million to beneficiaries).

Mr Sassoon pointed out the trust was established about 60 years ago for multiple family beneficiaries, including those who were not necessarily UK residents.

“Where UK domiciled individuals have received any benefit from the settlement, that has been disclosed in the normal way and any tax due has been paid. I have not received any benefit from the trust for more than 25 years,” he said.

Mr Sassoon previously served in various roles at the Treasury from 2002 to 2008 and advised David Cameron on financial issues.

7 Former Treasury minister James Meyer Sassoon was mentioned in the explosive Paradise Papers Credit: Wikipedia

Lewis Hamilton

Four-time Formula One World Champion Hamilton — who sealed his most recent title just last week — is shown in the Paradise Papers avoided a £3.3million tax bill by "renting out" his private jet through his own companies.

According to the leak, the 32-year-old ace bought the £16million Bombardier CL605 Challenger in 2013 through a series of offshore companies registered in the British Virgin Islands, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.

Hamilton then used shell companies to avoid the entire £3.3million VAT bill triggered when he imported the luxury jet to England from Canada in 2013.

A statement from Hamilton's rep said: "Hamilton's lawyers say a tax barrister review found the structure was lawful.

"As a global sportsman who pays tax in a large number of countries, Lewis relies upon a team of professional advisers who manage his affairs.

"Those advisers have assured Lewis that everything is above board and the matter is now in the hands of his lawyers."

7 Lewis Hamilton is alleged to have 'dodged' £3.3 million in tax when he bought his private jet

Mrs Brown’s Boy’s stars Patrick Houlihan, Martin Delany and Fiona O'Carroll

The three Mrs Brown’s Boys stars put £2million in an offshore tax avoidance scheme, leaked documents reveal.

Fiona Delany, daughter of show creator Brendan O’Carroll, her husband Martin and fellow actor Paddy Houlihan had their fees paid into a trust and then into several firms in Mauritius.

The cash was moved to their banks in the form of “loans” which are not subject to income tax or na­tional insurance. Using offshore vehicles to avoid tax is not illegal.

The controversial scheme was masterminded by accountant Roy Lyness, who helped comic Jimmy Carr pay just one per cent tax via a similar method.

Shakira

The Colombian singer-songwriter features in the Paradise Papers and is listed as a resident of the Bahamas, despite living in Barcelona, the Guardian reported.

It is also believed that she is the sole shareholder of Tournesol Ltd, a Malta company.

The Paradise Papers leak stated in 2009 Shakira’s “musical assets, intellectual property rights and trademarks” were moved to Tournesol.

A lawyer representing the singer said Tournesol Ltd “fulfils all legal requirements" and said the singer had lived in a variety of places “throughout her professional career and, in every case, has fully met the laws of all the jurisdictions where she has resided”.

Justin Timberlake

Singer and actor Justin Timberlake set up a company in August 2015 with the purpose to “engage in the purchase of real estate” in the Bahamas, the Guardian reported.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban

The Oscar-winning actress and her husband allegedly registered their joint US-based limited liability company as a foreign entity in the Bahamas in March 2015, the Guardian reported.

A spokesperson for the pair reportedly said the registering of the US company in the Bahamas was solely to comply with local laws and “to hold Bahamian property and protect their family’s privacy. The company is taxed under US law and no special tax advantages accrue to them or the company. They are taxed as if they owned the property directly.”

Madonna

The American singer is allegedly listed as having bought 2,000 shares in SafeGard Medical Ltd, a Bermuda-incorporated company in 1998 which dissolved in 2013.

Harvey Weinstein

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein who has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, invested in now-defunct company Scientia Health Group Ltd. He took out 2,000 shares in the company in November 2001, leaked files show.

Martha Stewart

The lifestyle guru was also implicated in the Panama Papers. She was also allegedly an investor in Scientia Health Group Ltd.

Stewart declined to comment, Guardian reported.

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