Research by The Guardian in 2021 found that more than 1,000 laws had been vetted by the late Queen Elizabeth II or Charles, as the then-heir to the throne, including whether conservation laws affected Charles’s Duchy of Cornwall business interests and whether national traffic rules applied to the Queen’s private estates of Balmoral and Sandringham.
Leading Conservative Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg said it was wrong to involve Charles in the “immediate political controversy”, while Baroness Foster, the former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader and first minister of Northern Ireland, also criticised the move.
The visit was described as the King showing rather than telling, with Sir Keir said to have expressed an interest in seeing the development in person, and Charles offering to show him around.
Buckingham Palace insisted Charles was acting on “the Government’s advice”, but Downing Street said it was “fundamentally” a decision for the King.
Catherine Mayer’s 2015 biography of Charles said the prince was planning to introduce a “potential new model of kingship” but that the Queen was concerned about the potential style of the monarchy under her son.
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