Prince William meets fake footballer Mete Coban

Coban faked a career with several clubs before becoming Sadiq Khan's No 2

What a rise Mete Coban, London’s Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, has had to the top!

He went from relative obscurity, to running his own youth democracy charity, to becoming one of Sadiq Khan’s NINE deputy mayors, paid £151,465 per year.


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