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Cover-up of Charles letters to ministers unlawful: Ruling
An attempt to block the publication of private letters from Prince Charles, the heir apparent to the British throne, to government ministers was “unlawful,” three senior judges have ruled.
The judges in a Court of Appeal overruled on Wednesday an earlier decision by Dominic Grieve, the attorney general, that the prince’s letters to government departments should not be made public.
The Upper Tribunal declared in September 2012 that the public were entitled to see the letters, but a month later, Grieve used his ministerial veto to block the release of the correspondence.
A campaign was subsequently launched to overturn Grieve’s decision.
According to the ruling by Lord Dyson, the Master of the Rolls, and two other appeal judges, the royal letters could be revealed to the public gaze.
“The fact that he (Grieve) reached a different conclusion from the Upper Tribunal in weighing the competing public interests involved was not good enough. The veto is also unlawful as it is incompatible with EU law,” Lord Dyson said.
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/03/cover-up-of-charles-letters-to-ministers-unlawful-ruling/
