Comments on: Passing the Duchy on a Cornish Holiday

By: Philip R Hosking

Philip R Hosking — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:20:58 +0000

I hope you agree with me that this should be well circulated and that a thorough investigation of the Duchy of Cornwall is long overdue.

Please could you confirm receipt of this email as I’ve had some problems with my account recently.

Many thanks

Plymouth Law Review (2010) 1 128
“A Mysterious, Arcane and Unique Corner of our Constitution”:
The Laws Relating to the Duchy of Cornwall

Historically, legally and constitutionally the Duchy of Cornwall has been consistently referred to as „simply‟ a „private estate‟ allowing it to enjoy a privileged status with significant benefits and concessions. This article argues that this is a somewhat anachronistic position and one that demands further investigation not least because of the opaque nature of the institution and its accountability within a twenty-first century
constitutional framework.

Opens PDF file: http://www.research.plymouth.ac.uk/plr/vol3/Kirkhope.pdf
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Oll an gwella

By: Roel

Roel — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:08:56 +0000

Dear Heather,

In the Netherlands I have used FOIA to disclose costs of our Royals. Lots of it used to be declared ‘private’ but by focussing on the government-funded costs, we got a lot. Our queen has a private yacht(de Groene Draeck, meaning: the Green Dragon), Dutch Navy takes care of maintenance. We got the receipts after FOIA request. Same goes for airtravel, although also private flights, Dutch government pays also for those, so we got receipts (without destinations etc.).

These are just two examples. Maybe they are usefull to you or other FOIA-’users’.

Also, EU farmsubisidies have been disclosed a few years back. Subsidies conderning ‘royal-property’ should or could be made public as well.

regards,

Roel

By: M

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:43:57 +0000

As John Cross’s blog to which you link says, he’s appealing to the ICO as to whether the Duchy of Cornwall is covered by the EIR or not, as they said it was not.

Whilst there is indeed lots to be determined about the Duchy of Cornwall and it’s all very interesting (John Kirkhope’s paper listing various powers of the Duchy can be read at http://www.cornishworldmagazine.co.uk/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=138 ), please do not let anyone be sidetracked by the above sites with their hashes of half-truths and misunderstandings built into conspiracy theories around Cornish independence.

By: Philip Hosking

Philip Hosking — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:51:39 +0000

It’s very kind of you to describe me as an expert on all things Cornish but the real research has been done by the following groups and individuals:

The Cornish Stannary Parliament: http://www.cornishstannaryparliament.co.uk/

The Duchy of Cornwall Human Rights Association: http://duchyofcornwall.eu/