The Royal Family has just been hit with another accusation, and this one relates to a huge coverup that the Cabinet Office is being accused of.
According to The Guardian the accusation relates to the covering up of not only travel expenses, for royals like the former Duke of York, who served as UK trade envoy for a time, but also about the death of Princess Diana, as well as an ‘improper’ apology that was sent to the Queen Mother.
The documents have been released to the National Archives but the ‘cover up’ relates to the fact that the documents were made available to the media, in advance, under embargo and included No 10 minutes from 2004 and 2005 on royal visits, according to the outlet but. They were withdrawn subsequently the reason being dubbed an “administrative error” because those documents were never slated for a release.
However, being pulled journalists saw a note that said that a change in the rules would mean Andrew’s travel costs, as then-trade envoy, would be funded via the Royal Travel Office, rather than the former Department of Trade and Industry – adding £90,000 to its budget. Visits were also discussed to destinations like China, Russia, south-east Asia and Spain.
In the eyes of the outlet, “The retention of the minutes underlines the way that files relating to the royal family are routinely withheld from release under the Public Records Act.”
The chief executive of anti-monarchy campaign group Republic, Graham Smith on the other hand, has other thoughts and claims no such exemptions should be made at all.