The Court of Appeal has ruled unlawful the move by the Attorney General to suppress the publication of Prince Charles letters. Judgment in full here. Guardian reported here.
Roy Greenslade assented to the judgement and said:
"If Prince Charles is not neutral then the public have a right to know."
Paul Tweed dissented, saying the decision represented an incursion into the privacy of Prince Charles. Archie Bland called it a matter of secrecy, not privacy.
However, we will not see Prince Charles' "spider letters" any time soon. The Attorney-General has taken leave to appeal to the UK Supreme Court (@ukSupremeCourt). Attorney General Dominic Grieve said:
Refusal to release Charles' black spiders is not about privacy - it's about secrecy. Which is outrageous. Wrote this: http://t.co/D03lIA5JwU
— Archie Bland (@archiebland) March 17, 2014
However, we will not see Prince Charles' "spider letters" any time soon. The Attorney-General has taken leave to appeal to the UK Supreme Court (@ukSupremeCourt). Attorney General Dominic Grieve said:
"We are very disappointed by the decision of the court. We will be pursuing an appeal to the Supreme Court in order to protect the important principles which are at stake in this case."
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