MAIL ONLINE: The Royals are to be shrouded in a thicker cloak of secrecy because of a controversial change in the law which will protect them from public scrutiny.Letters, emails and documents relating to the Queen, Prince Charles and Prince William can no longer be disclosed – even if they might be in the public interest.
The changes, which are part of a series of reforms to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, will mean an end to journalists investigating the family’s finances.
The move calls into question Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s comments this week which stated it was a ‘fundamental right’ of all citizens to be able to hold their government to account.
He outlined a plan to extend the FOI Act to hundreds more taxpayer-funded bodies, opening up to greater scrutiny by the public.
But he did not mention the clause restricting information about the Royals. >>> Eleanor Harding | Saturday, January 08, 2011
If you thought that the United Kingdom was a democracy, forget it! In the UK, there are laws for the rich and privileged, and laws for the poor. The UK is, after all, a monarchy. There are the aristocracy, or the patricians, and the workers, or the plebeians. In common parlance, the rich and the poor. It was ever thus; and ever thus it will be! Some are above the law; and others are not. – © Mark
