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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton

Revealed: ministers sought Charles’s consent to pass conservation laws affecting his business

King Charles on his Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
King Charles on his Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Photograph: Paul Marriott/Rex/Shutterstock

The government asked King Charles for permission to pass its post-Brexit “world-leading” Environment Act because laws requiring landowners to enhance conservation could affect his business interests.

Environment minister Rebecca Pow wrote to the then Prince of Wales in 2019 to ask if he would accept section seven of the environment bill, which became law in November 2021.

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