The Cabinet office has released 30 pages on internal guidance on the Queen’s and other senior royals’ extent that they will influence new laws being made.
The document Whitehall pamphlet was only released after a 15 month Freedom of Information battle and provides guidance on what the royals should be consulted about.
The document can be found here.
The Guardian report:
The extent of the Queen and Prince Charles‘s secretive power of veto over new laws has been exposed after Downing Street lost its battle to keep information about its application secret.
Whitehall papers prepared by Cabinet Office lawyers show that overall at least 39 bills have been subject to the most senior royals’ little-known power to consent to or block new laws. They also reveal the power has been used to torpedo proposed legislation relating to decisions about the country going to war.
The internal Whitehall pamphlet was only released following a court order and shows ministers and civil servants are obliged to consult the Queen and Prince Charles in greater detail and over more areas of legislation than was previously understood.