News from the Centre for Citizenship
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Confirmed: Windsor Lobbied for Favoured Company
As a result of pressure from the Guardian newspaper it has been confirmed that Charlie Windsor did use his “royal” status to pressure the Scottish government into signing a contract with Teach First, a company of which he was a patron. Windsor personally lobbied First Minister Alex Salmond in June 2013. The Teach First company…
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Windsor Wedding Celebration Could Damage Economy
The marriage of Henry Windsor (aka “Prince Harry”) is unlikely to help the precarious British economy and may harm it if there is an extra public holiday, according to the Financial Times. Embed from Getty Images Henry Windsor The newspaper reported that an Office for National Statistics analysis of the economic effects of the monarchists’…
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Charlie Caught In Conflict of Interest
Charlie Windsor, who is to be imposed as Britain’s next head of state, has been caught in a serious financial conflict of interest according to news media reports. Embed from Getty Images Charlie visits Padstow on annual tour of Cornwall The “Paradise Papers” have revealed that in 2007 the Duchy of Cornwall secretly bought £86,000…
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Queen Windsor’s Tax Haven Investments
The so-called “Paradise Papers” have revealed that Britain’s feudal head of state has invested in funds based in the tax havens of Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. Embed from Getty Images The £10m in investment were small measured against the great wealth of the Windsors. However, one investment was in rent-to-own company Brighthouse. According to…
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The Private Estate is Hocus Pocus
A strange aspect of the revelation that the Duchy of Lancaster has invested £10m in funds based in tax havens was the use by the news media of “private estate” to describe duchy’s relationship to queen Windsor. Embed from Getty Images Queen Windsor visiting her “private estate.” A “duchy” certainly does not sound like a…
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Lords Committee Proposes Reform But Not Democracy
Britain’s second chamber of Parliament should have 600 legislators and 15-year terms of office says a committee of legislators-for-life. Embed from Getty Images Legislator-for-life Norman Fowler presents report to House of Lords At present 826 legislators sit in the unelected chamber and can do so until they die. The committee recommended that the size of…
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Country Worried About Government – Queen Windsor Worried About Day At The Races
While the country worried about the formation of a new government following the last general election the country’s head of state was worried about something else – horse racing. Conservative Party leader Theresa May was trying to form an alliance with the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). But queen Windsor was worrying that the…
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Legislator paid £15,000 to “to learn and meet people”
Legislator-for-life Digby Jones has taken £15,000 in expenses for a period in which he neither spoke in a House of Lords debate nor asked a question. He has not spoken in debate since April 2016. But he has claimed £15,290 in expenses for that period. The legislator has spoken just three times during four years.…
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SNP Hides Windsor Abuse of Privilege
The Scottish National Party Scottish government has refused to make public letters from Charles Windsor to Scottish government ministers lobbying for a charity called Teach First that he helped set up, according to a report in the Guardian. The letters urged support for the wish of that charity, Teach First, that fast-track teacher training be…
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Government Stalls on Release of Windsor Letters
According to a report in the Independent newspaper the government is “stalling” the publication of letters from Charles Windsor (aka Prince Charles) to former Prime Minister Tony Blair about the hunting of foxes. This follows a ruling by Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham that there was a “clear and compelling public interest” for the letters to be…