Queen blocked govt. legislation in 1970s, The Guardian revealed

It’s a revelation that’s thrown the British Royal Family into the spotlight once again for all the wrong reasons.  It’s an allegation made by The Guardian that says it has evidence of how the British monarch lobbied ministers to keep the true figure of her private wealth a well-guarded secret. The Queen successfully lobbied the government to change a draft law in order to conceal her “embarrassing” private wealth from the public, according to documents discovered by the Guardian. A series of government memos unearthed in the National Archives reveal that Elizabeth Windsor’s private lawyer put pressure on ministers to…