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The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall were accompanied by14 staff. The other members of the party were Police. 14 staff (including adoctor and hairdresser) is normal for a tour of this complexity with twosenior Members of the Royal Family.3. The Prince of Wales has five homesI am not sure how you calculate that The Prince of Wales has five homes.His home is Highgrove. Clarence House is his official office and residencein London. Birkhall is lent to His Royal Highness by The Queen on theBalmoral Estate. It is regarded as being appropriate that The Prince shouldspend time in Scotland. For similar reasons the Duchy has bought a housein Wales, but for the large majority of the time it will be let for conferencesand holidays. His Royal Highness only spends a few days a year atSandringham, which is owned by The Queen, and I can confirm that henever has more staff than when The Queen is there.4. The Prince of Wales has a Royal Mail van and driverThe Prince does not have the use of a Royal Mail van and driver. The PostOffice organizes the transport of official papers for senior Members of theRoyal Family, the details of which are dealt with by The Queen’sHousehold rather than by this Office.5. The fact that The Duchess of Cornwall cost £2,000 from public fundsin 2005-06 is questionedWhen it was said that The Duchess of Cornwall had herself only costaround £2,000 from public funds during 2005-06 it was made entirely clearthat this figure excluded security costs, as the significant number of peoplepresent at the time can confirm. Both this Household and The Queen’s arealways very careful to make it clear that the figures for the cost of theMonarchy which we give do not include security.I am not sure how you know how much the security for The Duchess costsbecause as far as we are aware figures are not available. Neither TheDuchess nor this Household has any control over security or security costswhich are the responsibility of the Home Office.It might be helpful if I add, as a postscript, that the costs of the Monarchy,including those attributable to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess ofCornwall, are not met by the taxpayer but from the income from the CrownEstate which is surrendered by The Queen to the Exchequer. This incomeamounts to around £200 million a year. This is confirmed on page 4,paragraph 3, of the Report of the Royal Trustees published on 4th July2000 and signed by the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of theExchequer. It may be helpful if you refer to this document.
Your questions and assertions suggest that you have sought to identifyissues detrimental to The Prince of Wales, rather than all the many excellent thingswhich he does to contribute to this Country and internationally, and that you havemainly spoken to people who disagree with the approach he has taken rather thanto the, in my view, many, many more people who approve of and admire what HisRoyal Highness does. In view of this, I hope that you do not mind my referring toSections 5 and 7 of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code which require impartiality andfairness in news and other programmes.If any of the above is not clear please come back to me.I have sent a copy of this letter to Luke Johnson, the Chairman of Channel4 Television.We may publish the letter on our website and I should be grateful for yourpermission to publish your letters to me as well so that people can see thequestions which I am answering. I should be grateful if you would give me yourresponse on this point by the end of the week.Yours sincerely,Sir Michael PeatDavid Henshaw Esq.,Executive Producer,Hardcash Productions Limited,35 Waterside,44-48 Wharf,Islington,London, N1 7UX.
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