In Britain last winter there was a public flap over the government’s proposal to increase the allowance paid to the Queen for the conduct of her official duties. As one of their contributions to the fracas, leftwing stalwarts launched the demand that the government disclose the details of the Queen’s personal fortune and private income. This the government declined to do.
However, anyone interested was able to satisfy his curiosity one February morning when Morning Star, the Communist Party’s newspaper, published the information. Secret documents concerning the subject had been leaked from a source with access to them in their supposedly secure lair within the Department of Industry.
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