Charles hits back as MPs probe his [pounds sterling]500m estate; Prince claims his role at Duchy is 'misunderstood' after damning report.

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: July 28, 2005 | Copyright information

PRINCE CHARLES today hit back over MPs' demands that he should be stripped of his role chairing the [pounds sterling] 500 million Duchy of Cornwall.

Senior royal aides called a public accounts committee report a "travesty" and "fundamentally wrong" after MPs demanded the Treasury should take action over the Prince's " inappropriate" [pounds sterling]13.3million-a-year income from the Duchy.

Charles's top aide, private secretary Sir Michael Peat, claimed MPs on the committee, who carried out the review of royal finances, had " misunderstood" what the Duchies were for. He ...

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