UK releases more private Prince Charles letters to ministers

British authorities have released more private letters from Prince Charles to government ministers on topics ranging from historic buildings to hospital food.
The letters were the subject of a lengthy legal battle that pitted Charles' right to privacy against the public's right to know.
The Guardian newspaper had applied to see correspondence between Charles and government departments. The government refused, arguing that the frank missives reflected the heir to the throne's personal views and publishing them could undermine the perception of his neutrality.
The Supreme Court ruled against the government earlier this year. A batch of 27 letters was released last month.

The 17 published today, written between 2007 and 2009, include an appeal for funds to preserve the huts used by British Antarctic explorers Ernest Shackleton and Robert Scott.