Prince Charles and his letters

[Pete]

Just been reading about letters that Prince Charles wrote to the government and were held back by the Attorney General when a Freedom of Information request was made by a newspaper.

"Three senior judges have ruled that Dominic Grieve, the attorney general, acted unlawfully when he blocked the publication of letters written by Prince Charles to government ministers."

Do you think the public have a right to know what was in them? Or is it an invasion of his privacy?

http://bit.ly/1cwUcYa

[therealjr]

The argument is that allegedly he has been quite forceful in them and attempted to shape policy. The Guardian (the newspaper involved) are arguing that it's in the public interest because we should know which direction the monarchy will be going when Charles takes the throne, if indeed he ever does.
I think if it were any other private individual who thought they had enough clout to get the government to change policies (Murdoch? Sugar? ) we would want it brought to public attention. What makes Charles any different?

[Fly]

I thought the gov was the allowed bunch of t*ts to run the country for the monarchy.
If the monarchy  don't like the system, I can't see how a few letters makes a difference.
The gov have the rights and power.

Another newspaper story over nothing IMHO

[Old Cruser]

Behind closed the the Royal Family are obviously going to have their own opinions on the politics of our country. They have never made them public (well maybe apart from the odd remark )
What did the prince say on sending his opinions?
Were they meant for public viewing?
Probably not