Tony Blair's fury at Prince Charles laid bare: 'He was very p***ed off!'

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The royals are expected to understand that party politics and individual politicians are off-limits for public comment. The monarchy’s website states: “As head of state, the Queen has to remain strictly neutral with respect to political matters.” By convention, other members of the family have to follow suit. However, the Prince of Wales has sometimes crossed this line and has been accused of “meddling” in political matters. According to extracts from Alastair Campbell's diary, published in the Guardian in 2011, former Prime Minister Tony Blair was incredibly frustrated with Prince Charles' behaviour during his time in Downing Street. Mr Blair felt the heir to the throne overstepped the con ...
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[Music] the royals are expected to understand that party politics and individual politicians are off limits for public comment [Music] the monarchy's website states as head of state the queen has to remain strictly neutral with respect to political matters by convention other members of the family have to follow suit however the prince of wales has sometimes crossed this line and has been accused of meddling in political matters according to extracts from aleister campbell's diary published in the guardian in 2011 former prime minister tony blair was incredibly frustrated with prince charles behavior during his time in downing street [Music] mr blair felt the heir to the throne overstepped the constitutional boundaries previously observed by the royal family by trying to influence government policy mr campbell claimed the ex-labor leader was said to have become exasperated by the prince's interventions over the ban on fox hunting the foot and mouth crisis gm foods and the abolition of hereditary peers mr blair's concerns grew so great that he even raised them with the queen mr campbell suggested in his diaries [Music] in an entry about a meeting between mr blair and the prince mr campbell wrote while publicly we stayed supportive tony blair said charles had to understand there were limits to the extent to which they could play politics with him [Music] he said it was 90 minutes of pretty hard talk not just about hunting in power and responsibility the alistar campbell diaries vol 3 the former spin doctor also recalled a string of incidents in which the prince strayed into politics to mr blair's apparent irritation he claimed that in 2001 the former prime minister was angered by the prince's deeply unhelpful interventions over the foot and mouth crisis writing on march 16 that year mr

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