How the Prince Harry affair saw red-tops deal with a new regime – The Independent
“Where editors would once have cried ‘publish and be damned’, this time they bowed to warnings.”
The Independent, 24th August 2012
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Category: royal family
Protesters lose royal wedding High Court case – The Independent
” Royal wedding protesters have lost their High Court claim that they were the victims of unlawful searches and arrests.”
The Independent, 18th July 2012
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Activists arrested before royal wedding to challenge police in high court – The Guardian
“Activists who were rounded up before last year’s royal wedding are challenging the Metropolitan police in the high court on Monday in a case that could have implications for the way the Queen’s diamond jubilee celebrations and the Olympics are policed.”
The Guardian, 27th May 2012
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Prince Charles to challenge ruling set to lift secrecy about his estate – The Guardian
“Prince Charles is to challenge a judicial ruling that threatens to expose the environmental impact of the private estate that provides his £17m-a-year income.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2011
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Landmark ruling lifts ‘veil of secrecy’ from Prince of Wales’s Duchy of Cornwall estate – Daily Telegraph
“The 700-year-old ‘veil of secrecy’ covering the workings of the Prince of Wales’s Duchy of Cornwall estate will be partially lifted after a landmark legal ruling that could open up the Royal family to far greater public scrutiny.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2011
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Prince Charles consent law to remain – Downing Street – BBC News
“David Cameron has no plans to change laws which require the government to seek Prince Charles’s permission to pass legislation which could affect his private interests, Downing Street says.”
BBC News, 31st October 2011
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Royal women to get equal rights – The Independent
“Female members of the Royal Family are to be given equality with men in the rules of succession to the throne, under historic constitutional changes agreed unanimously today by the 16 nations of which Queen Elizabeth II is monarch.”
The Independent, 28th October 2011
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David Cameron declares an end to ‘outdated’ laws on succession – Daily Telegraph
“Heralding an end to more than 300 years of English constitutional tradition, the Prime Minister will urge Commonwealth leaders to end laws that pass the Crown to the oldest male heir. Under the current rules of primogeniture, any male child takes precedence in the order of succession over his sisters. That would mean that any son born to Prince William would become King even if he had an older sister.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2011
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Ministers bar hereditary peerages from passing to women – Daily Telegraph
“Ministers have ruled out a change in the law that would have allowed hereditary peerages to pass to women.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2011
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David Cameron proposes changes to royal succession – BBC News
“Changes to the rules on succession have moved closer after David Cameron shared his plans with the 15 other countries who have the Queen as their monarch.”
BBC News, 12th October 2011
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Magazine apologises for slimming down Royal in picture – OUT-LAW.com
“The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has forced a magazine to apologise for printing an altered photograph of the Duchess of Cambridge.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Female heirs given new financial rights in overhaul of Royal laws – Daily Telegraph
“A female heir to the Duke of Cambridge will have new financial rights under plans to modernise the monarchy.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st Juy 2011
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Royal succession reform is being discussed, Clegg says – BBC News
“The government is consulting Commonwealth countries about changing the laws on royal succession, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.”
BBC News, 16th April 2011
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Royal weddings: time to update the laws of saying ‘I do’? – The Guardian
“Prince William’s forthcoming marriage to Kate Middleton is unlikely to be beset by any legal confusion. But future Windsor weddings could easily be mired in controversy unless there are changes to the law, according to Professor Rebecca Probert from Warwick University, an expert on marriage law.”
The Guardian, 5th April 2011
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Royal Family granted new right of secrecy – The Independent
“The Royal Family is to be granted absolute protection from public scrutiny in a controversial legal reform designed to draw a veil of secrecy over the affairs of the Queen, Prince Charles and Prince William.”
The Independent, 8th January 2011
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Prince Charles’s letters to ministers stay secret as appeal is adjourned – The Guardian
“Freedom of information hearing delayed until next year for reasons panel cannot ‘go into.’ ”
The Guardian, 16th September 2010
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Royal pressure ‘led to FoI ban on disclosure of lobbying by Charles’ – The Guardian
“Guardian to go to tribunal to gain access to letters to ministers, while Act amendments may mean 20-year block on letters.”
The Guardian, 13th September 2010
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Romanian prince wins libel battle – Daily Telegraph
“Prince Radu of Romania accepted a public apology and ‘substantia’ damages in the High Court in Londonover ‘extremely grave’ magazine allegations about his title.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
