“The answer to the question ‘why should there be an exception for senior members of the royal family?’ is, in my view, clear: it is necessary to enhance the protection afforded to the private lives of this unique group of individuals, in order to protect the dignity and standing of the public role of the sovereign and other close members of her family.”
“While there may be public curiosity as to the private arrangements that a member of the royal family may choose to make in their will, there is no true public interest in the public knowing this wholly private information … The media interest in this respect is commercial.”
Yes. That is all fair and correct. The Guardian are rubber-necking the Royals and then begging for money in the footer on the hilarious grounds of their “fearless journalism”.
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Sir Andrew McFarlane:
“The answer to the question ‘why should there be an exception for senior members of the royal family?’ is, in my view, clear: it is necessary to enhance the protection afforded to the private lives of this unique group of individuals, in order to protect the dignity and standing of the public role of the sovereign and other close members of her family.”
“While there may be public curiosity as to the private arrangements that a member of the royal family may choose to make in their will, there is no true public interest in the public knowing this wholly private information … The media interest in this respect is commercial.”
Yes. That is all fair and correct. The Guardian are rubber-necking the Royals and then begging for money in the footer on the hilarious grounds of their “fearless journalism”.