Prince Charles, the next in line to the British throne, is being accused of planting his spies in different government agencies after revelations that members of the Prince's office have been serving positions in Whitehall departments.
One of Prince Charles' employees served in the Cabinet Office while another one worked for the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, sources say.
The accusations gave way to further allegations that the Duke of Cornwall has abandoned his duty of neutrality and was interfering with government.
The Sunday Times noted that former ministers did not know of the appointments. News of the Prince's activities came a week after the Daily Mail reported that the Duke of Cornwall met with Cabinet Ministers privately once a month. Alongside his meetings with Prime Minister David Cameron, the prince also reportedly met with a number of ministers from different departments. Those departments included those who represented issues close to the Prince's heart including town planning, and the environment. The Daily Mail also added alternative medicine in the list.
Because of these revelations many of the Prince's detractors are now asking whether he is lobbying for issues that are of personal interest to his Highness but Clarence House representatives defended the said meetings saying that is it Prince Charles' duty and right to hold meetings with any minister. Clarence House also reiterated that some of the meetings were upon the request of the ministers themselves and not because Prince Charles asked them to.
The presence of Prince Charles' people in government is not because they were doing some work for the Prince according to Clarence House. A spokeswoman told reporters that the secondees were indeed staff members of the Princes' office but reiterated that working for government were "their own requests for experience."
Labour MP Paul Flynn told media, "Planting his civil service moles proves an intention to abandon royal political neutrality. He clearly doesn't accept the principle of an independent and politically neutral monarchy. I am astonished that he should have had his people in the civil service in this way with ministers not even being aware they were there. Constitutional monarchs should be above politics. What is he doing except to advance his own agenda? It's outrageous."
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