Comments on: Passing the Duchy on a Cornish Holiday http://heatherbrooke.org/2010/passing-the-duchy-on-a-cornish-holiday-2/ Heather Brooke is an award-winning writer, journalist and activist Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:29:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Roel http://heatherbrooke.org/2010/passing-the-duchy-on-a-cornish-holiday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2497 Roel Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:08:56 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/?p=1041#comment-2497 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 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 http://heatherbrooke.org/2010/passing-the-duchy-on-a-cornish-holiday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2496 M Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:43:57 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/?p=1041#comment-2496 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. 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 http://heatherbrooke.org/2010/passing-the-duchy-on-a-cornish-holiday-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2495 Philip Hosking Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:51:39 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/?p=1041#comment-2495 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/ 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/

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