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Parliament will examine the monarchy’s “controversial” but “little-known” veto over laws next month, writes The Guardian a day after the British press revealed Prince Charles has met with cabinet ministers 36 times since the May 2010 election.
The move is “likely to increase pressure on Whitehall [the British government] to reduce the secrecy around alleged royal lobbying”, writes the paper, recalling its own investigation in 2011 “that revealed how ministers have been forced to seek permission from the prince to pass at least a dozen government bills”.
The parliamentary committee will investigate
whether there is a risk that the requirement of royal consent, which is also granted by the Queen depending on the nature of the law being passed, “could be seen as politicising the monarchy”.
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