london tainted former ipl commissioner lalit modi invoked the names of british royalty including prince charles and his brother andrew while seeking his travel papers from the uk home office according to a media report on sunday according to the report in the sunday times andrew the duke of york and second son of queen elizabeth ii has known modi for several years and met modi at his london home last july just days before his travel papers were granted buckingham palace refused to say what the two men had discussed but denied categorically that the duke had lobbied the uk government on modis behalf modis immigration status in the uk has provoked a storm in india after the ukbased newspaper disclosed that he rang up external affairs minister sushma swaraj to help him acquire his british travel papersread also heat on raje takes pressure off sushmared corner notice against lalit modi nextipl cheating case against lalit modi still open in chennaiaxe sushma raje or face cong wrath in rs ghulam nabi azad to pm talking about his tweets disclosing pushkars sweat equity in the kochi franchise modi said needless to say this revelation caused a political earthquake in india the b although she says she acted on humanitarian grounds swaraj has faced calls for her resignation over an apparent conflict of interest modi 49 travelled to london in 2010 after the indian premier league ipl became embroiled in allegations of matchfixing and illegal betting he denies any wrongdoings and says he came to britain because he faced death threats from criminals in india in march 2014 modi was granted leave to remain in the uk after a court battle with the home office he later applied for british travel papers known as a certificate of travel in june 2014 vaz wrote to sarah rapson directorgeneral of uk visas and immigration asking if the papers could be made available to modi the paper reported earlier this month vaz said he helped modi because the former ipl chief had told him that his wife urgently needed cancer treatment abroad and that he needed to accompany her on july 2 last year vaz raised modis case with another home office official he wrote mr modi informs me that he met the prince of wales charles and he also met prince andrew two days ago both offered to help resolve this matter as he was complaining about missing the wedding of his sister and the inability to meet amongst others the president of the seychelles vaz says he acted on the information given to him by modi modis application for a certificate of travel was initially rejected the next day on july 21 andrew 55 was spotted visiting modi at his sevenstorey townhouse in chelsea a posh area of west london vaz intervened with rapson again on july 31 citing the support of swaraj modi received his travel papers less than 24 hours later the newspaper claims on august 1 rapson