On the recordJune 22, 2026
It is outrageous that there is a specific carve-out under freedom of information legislation for the royal family.
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Siân Berry
Green Party (England and Wales)
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independent.co.ukIt is outrageous that there is a specific carve-out under freedom of information legislation for the royal family.
Commenting on the Freedom of Information Act and the royal family.
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My proposal aims to scrutinise the royal family’s use of public assets, focusing on things that are part of the job, not part of their own private lives.
This unnecessarily shields what should be a perfectly normally accountable part of our constitution, and it has to go.