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Prince Charles in full political scandal: Prince Charles called government members to discuss the
Prince Charles faces a political scandal, after the press revealed Saturday that he "called" some of the current government ministers for private talks in a period of ten months, according to Mail on Sunday, the electronic edition .
Prince of Wales met at least nine ministers, including George Osborne (Finance) and Michael Give (Education), especially at his home in London, Clarence House. Prince Charles seems that the ministers concerned areas of "his subjects of interest" such as architecture and environment, according to a survey of British publication.
These revelations, detailed in a series of responses to requests for access to public information (Freedom of Information, FOI), have rekindled an old dispute with the "inclination" Prince Charles to "mix" in government policies. Former Labour ministers have revealed, in a few years ago that the first letter handwritten by Charles, on some topical issues.
Press revealed on Saturday that Prince interventions have angered the Labour Party leadership in the past. Alastair Campbell, former press secretary to Tony Blair, has revealed that former prime minister was "infuriated" the heir to the throne attempts to "cause" and "influence" government policies key to genetically modified food and the House of Lords reform ban fox hunting. At one point, Blair accused the Prince of Wales to affect Labour government and complained Queen.But Charles continued to be as active in its actions to lobby politicians, showing a direct interest to the business coalition, preferring to meet its staff ministers, instead of communicating with them through letters.In most cases, both ministers and the Prince refused to disclose the contents of their talks, citing provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, which provides special protection of the royal family members in the public interest. Some ministers, Andrew Lansley (Health) and Jeremy Hunt (Culture) not even acknowledged that they met with Charles to discuss politics. He showed himself to Caroline Spelman întânit (Environment), and Greg Barker (climate change).
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