The cost of preventing the publication of Prince Charles’ letters has cost taxpayers £274,481 since the government started fighting to block their publication

The Guardian has been trying to make the letters public through requests under the Freedom of Information Act since 2005.

The High Court ruled that the documents must be released in September 2012.

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Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.