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The royals' need for secrecy…

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A little-noticed aspect of a current Parliamentary bill is an amendment to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. In short, the royal family’s communications with government will be completely excluded from the act.

How can we allow this to happen?

The so-called ‘royal family’ places itself at the head of [...]