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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRoyal Family granted new right of secrecy
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/royal-family-granted-new-right-of-secrecy-2179148.htmlThe Royal Family is to be granted absolute protection from public scrutiny in a controversial legal reform designed to draw a veil of secrecy over the affairs of the Queen, Prince Charles and Prince William.
Letters, emails and documents relating to the monarch, her heir and the second in line to the throne will no longer be disclosed even if they are in the public interest.
Sweeping changes to the Freedom of Information Act will reverse advances which had briefly shone a light on the royal finances including an attempt by the Queen to use a state poverty fund to heat Buckingham Palace and which had threatened to force the disclosure of the Prince of Wales's prolific correspondence with ministers.
Lobbying and correspondence from junior staff working for the Royal Household and Prince Charles will now be held back from disclosure. Buckingham Palace confirmed that it had consulted with the Coalition Government over the change in the law. The Government buried the plan for "added protection" for the Royal Family in the small print of plans called "opening up public bodies to public scrutiny".
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Royal Family granted new right of secrecy (Original Post)
geardaddy
Dec 2014
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Brits should stop paying their bills, they have enough money and land to live off of....forever.
TheNutcracker
Dec 2014
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AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)1. Cromwell.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)2. Yeah, he worked out really well. (nt)
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)6. I'm not sure someone like him is the answer.
He was a nutcase.
LuvNewcastle
(16,860 posts)3. Interesting.
Royalty isn't my cup of Earl Grey, but I'm not British, so I guess if they can stomach it then it's none of my business. Sometimes I wonder if America would have benefited from a more lengthy colonization. Canada seems to have its shit together more than we do right now. I think Australia is more liberal, too. Our history is so tied up with slavery and religious extremism that I suppose those comparisons aren't very apt, however.
TheNutcracker
(2,104 posts)4. Brits should stop paying their bills, they have enough money and land to live off of....forever.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)7. I'm sure the Saxcoburggothas would be all for that--£240M vs £40M?!
Octafish
(55,745 posts)5. It's not like they're shielding child molesters or anything.
But, they are.
'The Royal family and Margaret Thatcher were as much to blame for Jimmy Savile as the BBC', says Noel Edmonds
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/the-royal-family-margaret-thatcher-4641034