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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 09:04 AM Oct 2012

Attorney general blocks disclosure of Prince Charles letters to ministers

The government has blocked the disclosure of a set of confidential letters written by Prince Charles to ministers.

Dominic Grieve, the attorney general, issued a veto that puts an absolute block on the publication of the letters. His decision comes after seven government departments lost a long-running freedom of information tribunal over the disclosure of the letters.

The veto overrides last month's ruling by the tribunal that the public had a right to know how the prince sought to change government policy.

Grieve's decision comes after seven years of government resistance to the Guardian's request to see copies of the prince's letters to ministers over a seven-month period in 2004 and 2005.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oct/16/attorney-general-blocks-prince-charles-letters

I'm not actually aware of anything of significance other than his oyster beds.

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