Prince’s privilege
Surely the prince has himself been responsible for damaging that principle, if not rendering it obsolete, by writing what must clearly be politically charged letters to the government. We should call on him to make these letters public through his own offices unless, of course, he has something to hide.
It does not sit well for democracy for the heir to the throne to harbour political views that he would prefer to keep hidden from his future subjects but not from their representatives in the highest levels of government.
This transforms his supposed political neutrality into political privilege, worsened by the establishment predictably closing ranks to defend it.
Alistair McBay
Lawmuirview
Methven