It's a Royal Knockout

It's funny how Ministers don't like Royalty speaking out on political issues.

I mean, to become an MP, you must surely believe in freedom of speech, the right to protest, and democracy as a whole.

And even His Royal Heiriness has that right. No more or no less than the rest of the population.

Forget that Charles, debateably, has a position of power; his subjects can still choose either to listen or to ignore his point of view, and anyone that can be bothered might still write a letter to an Editor to agree or protest in the public domain. And perhaps in these increasingly Republican times, they'll be more likely to ignore anyway.

The singular point that does disturb me however, is that his comments - despite being made in a private memo not for publication - were taken so very seriously, even personally, by a very senior Minister.

If I may humbly recall, Right Honourable Gentlemen of HMG only start throwing their toys out of the pram when there is actually some truth to an allegation.

Fungus the Bogeyman MP should keep quiet. It would allow him to give the impression that HRH's comments weren't worthy of expensive - taxpayers - time and consideration.



Sergei