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Prince William occasionally receives highly confidential Cabinet Office documents along with his father, Prince Charles. | Prince William occasionally receives highly confidential Cabinet Office documents along with his father, Prince Charles. |
A Cabinet Office spokesperson told the BBC that, as future heir to the throne, it was "appropriate that he is regularly briefed on government business". | A Cabinet Office spokesperson told the BBC that, as future heir to the throne, it was "appropriate that he is regularly briefed on government business". |
Campaign group Republic said there was "no good reason" why the second in line to the throne also received the information. | Campaign group Republic said there was "no good reason" why the second in line to the throne also received the information. |
The revelation Prince Charles has been routinely sent Cabinet papers for decades, giving him privleged access to confidential and market sensitive information, emerged on Tuesday night. | The revelation Prince Charles has been routinely sent Cabinet papers for decades, giving him privleged access to confidential and market sensitive information, emerged on Tuesday night. |
Republic, which obtained the information, called for the "quite extraordinary and completely unacceptable" practice to be scrapped. | Republic, which obtained the information, called for the "quite extraordinary and completely unacceptable" practice to be scrapped. |
A Cabinet Office spokesperson said: “It has been established practice for many years that the sovereign and the heir to the throne receive the minutes of Cabinet meetings. | A Cabinet Office spokesperson said: “It has been established practice for many years that the sovereign and the heir to the throne receive the minutes of Cabinet meetings. |
"It is important the head of state and her heir are properly briefed.” | "It is important the head of state and her heir are properly briefed.” |
The revelation followed the disclosure that the heir to the throne regularly lobbied ministers over his pet subjects, including homeopathy, architecture, rainforests, rural housing and military spending. | The revelation followed the disclosure that the heir to the throne regularly lobbied ministers over his pet subjects, including homeopathy, architecture, rainforests, rural housing and military spending. |
The "black spider memos", the Prince's letters to ministers, were eventually released following a 10 year freedom of information dispute. | The "black spider memos", the Prince's letters to ministers, were eventually released following a 10 year freedom of information dispute. |
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