New academic study revealed an obscure law that allows Prince Charles to set off nuclear bombs. The study also discovered that the Prince of Wales is exempted from sanction over a range of laws, which includes the UK's Data Protection Act.
A visiting researcher from Plymouth University, John Kirkhope, launched a comprehensive investigation into the legal privileges of Prince Charles benefits. The researcher studied UK government archives and legislations. Dr. Kirkhope met with officials and went through government archives and utilized the Freedom of Information Act to discover such information. This allowed him to look closely at the Prince of Wales' role as the Duke of Cornwall.
And his research has revealed that Prince Charles is free from any punishment on a number of laws, which includes the Wildlife and Country Side Act 1981, Data Protection Act 1998, and the Nuclear Explosions (Prohibitions and Inspections) Act 1998.
According to Independent, the obscure law states that Prince Charles has the power to set off nuclear bombs without any criminal liability. He is also exempted from punishment for breaching the Data Protection Act. In fact, he has better legal protection over his properties than other landowners.
The study also revealed that the prince also has a power over 'crown roads'. Fares that cannot be altered without the Duke of Cornwall's permission. However, such roads may not even exist. John Kirkhope tried to collect a list of such roads, but the Department of Transport responded that they did not have any information regarding the list.
The research paper is entitled "Is the Duchy free to break the law without criminal sanction?" Dr. Kirkhope wrote that Prince Charles was given an immunity because its lands were sometimes held by Britain's monarch when there was no heir. The immunity was given in 1913. The researcher said that the people who made those decision in the early 20th century 'fundamentally misunderstood' the Duchy and argued the Royals should have no rights to its properties, including lands, but only the income it generates.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Clarence House did not leave any comment regarding the research paper about legal quirks the prince benefits from and said that statutes were a Parliamentary matter.
