New claims have been made about the Queen lobbying the British government nearly 50 years ago in order to keep her financial interests and investments secret.
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Documents from the National Archives have stated the monarch s own private lawyer, Matthew Farrer, lobbied the Government to make a change to an upcoming piece of legislation. Using the parliamentary procedure called the Queen s consent, it is claimed she stopped the publication of her true wealth after ministers included a clause in the Companies Bill, according to a report from The Guardian. The Queen s consent must be sought before legislation is brought before ministers in Parliament when it relate