Press Regulation Royal Charter Given Go-Ahead by the Queen

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Government's plan receives royal seal of approval after court of appeal rejects attempt by newspapers to block charter

A landmark reform of press regulation, enshrined in a royal charter, was finally sealed by the privy council on Wednesday in a brief private ceremony, hours after the high court had quickly dismissed a last-minute legal attempt to block it by most newspaper groups.

By coincidence, the royal charter was sealed by the Queen at Buckingham Palace in the presence of ministers the day the prosecution in the phone-hacking case started – more than four years after the scale of alleged phone hacking at News International was reported and 11 months after Lord Justice Leveson completed his report condemning newspapers for "wreaking havoc with the lives of innocent people".

The much-criticised response of the Press Complaints Commission to the phone-hacking allegations largely prompted the calls for an end to the current system of self-regulation.

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