away in July 1048. During this period he is generally recognized to have had his third term as true Pope. Poppo of Brixen finally drove him out for good and was elected as Pope Damasus II (1048). Benedict IX refused to appear on charges of simony in 1049 and was excommunicated . Benedict is universally regarded to have validly acquiesced to his third deposition, and Damasus II is universally recognized as Pope.
Benedict IX's eventual fate is obscure. He may have given up and resigned the pontificate , dying around 1065 in the Abbey of Grottaferrata . Other sources say he died in 1085. Pope Leo IX (1049-1054) may have lifted the ban on him. Another report is that he continued to seek support for a return but diedBelize and Lesotho. Among the charity’s trustees was former Leave.EU communications director, Andy Wigmore.

A naturalised Belizian, Wigmore represented his adopted country in shooting at the 2016 Olympic Games. He was Belize’s diplomatic envoy to the UK before losing that job last year.

Another trustee, James Pryor, worked in Lesotho on numerous projects. Ahead of the 2015 general election in Lesotho Pryor worked for another Banks connected company, Chartwell Political advising the Basotho National Party. Wigmore and Pryor posted photos on social media of themselves in the country “burning the midnight election oil.”

An investigation into Banks’s work in Lesotho found that rather than the Basotho National Party paying Chartwell for its advice, Chartwell was donating money to the Basotho National Party. The investigation also called into question the size of