The Queen’s letters

Buckingham Palace has protested that conversations between the Queen, her prime ministers and governor generals should remain private.

Letters released after a four year court battle finally proved that she played no part in the controversial sacking of the Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam in 1975, full article here.

This is an interesting case in regards to privacy.

While many ordinary Brits would baulk at their private letters being read, she is no ordinary Brit.

Though over intrusion into the lives of the rich and famous is damaging to the principal of privacy, she is a very powerful woman and this is just the kind of information that should not remain under wraps.

The phone hacking scandal proved how invasive the media can be in people’s private lives, but this is a slightly different matter, whether she is innocent or guilty this information should reach the public domain.