Press charter given approval
The Queen has given her approval to a new Royal Charter governing the regulation of the press.
The monarch set her seal on the charter – backed by the three main political parties – at a meeting of the Privy Council last night after a last-ditch legal attempt by newspaper and magazine publishers to block it was rejected by the Court of Appeal.
The charter establishes a new recognition body intended to oversee a powerful new regulator set up by the industry.
Industry sources have, however, indicated that a full appeal will be lodged within the next seven days against refusal of the High Court to grant a judicial review.