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October 31, 2011 06:24 am PDT
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Prince Charles exercises a secret veto over a wide swath of UK legislation
UK government ministers have been secretly offering Prince Charles a veto over proposed legislation since 2005, under a little-known law that gives the prince the right to silently kill or amend legislation if it might negatively effect his interests. The legislation the prince was consulted upon includes a bill on the Olympics, road safety and [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/VGGUhTHBn3U/prince-charles-exercises-a-secret-veto-over-a-wide-swath-of-uk-legislation.html
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