A follow-up letter to John Gummer: Royal FOI exemption

John Gummer is MP for Suffolk Coastal. Submitted via WriteToThem.com, 17/12/2009: Dear John Gummer, Yesterday I wrote to ask you to support the call for greater openness and accountability in relations between the monarch and government by signing Early Day Motion (EDM) 83 which calls for the Royal Family’s exemption from the Freedom of Information [...]

The Windsors may “advise”, “encourage”, “warn”. But about what?

I came across this while trawling the WhatDoTheyKnow.com web site looking for Freedom of Information requests concerning the royal family.  The text is taken from a reply from the Ministry of Justice to a request for information concerning: Any representations made by Her Majesty, other members of the Royal Family or the Royal Household might [...]

The royal family: scrutiny not secrecy

The queen’s recent demand for the press to give her and her family some privacy over their Christmas break at Sandringham is understandable.  It won’t make a jot of difference, though.  Whether they like it or not, media outlets the world over will pay hard cash for images of the royal family. Pictures of the [...]

Take action on Freedom of Information and the Royal Family

Because the monarchy is not recognised as a public institution, the royal family is exempt from the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. That means there are restrictions placed on access to important information about the workings of the monarchy and the royal family that we are entitled to know about. In some circumstances, documents can [...]