Summary: The Second batch of Prince Charles letters to ministers
Six private letters written by Prince Charles to government ministers have been published today.
The letters, written between 2007 and 2009, covered a range of issues from healthcare, the quality of hospital food, to affordable rural housing and climate change.
In a statement, Clarence House said the correspondence showed "the range of the Prince of Wales' concerns and interests for this country and the wider world".
Correspondence with Culture Secretaries Tessa Jowell and Ben Bradshaw
The Prince contacted the Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell after hearing the future of huts built by the British polar explorers Scott and Shackleton was under threat.
In 2009, he also wrote to congratulate then Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw, on his appointment and to suggest a discussion about "various heritage matters".
Correspondence with the Secretary of State for International Development Douglas Alexander
Douglas Alexander wrote to Prince Charles following a meeting regarding a number of the prince's charities.
The prince then replied to welcome the meeting arranged between the minister and the chief executives of the charities.
Correspondence with Health Secretary Alan Johnson
Prince Charles wrote to Health Secretary Alan Johnson about the benefits of complementary medicine in September 2007.
In the letter, the prince wrote: "…I cannot bear people suffering unnecessarily when a complementary approach could make a real difference."
He later wrote about food quality and waste in hospitals. The letters also reveal some correspondence about ragwort, a weed widely despised in pockets of the countryside due to its poisonous qualities, particularly to cattle and horses.
Correspondence with Labour's Housing and Planning ministers Yvette Cooper and Caroline Flint
In August 2007, Prince Charles raised the issue of affordable rural housing "for those on low incomes in the countryside" with Yvette Cooper, then Labour's housing and planning minister.
He refers to an earlier meeting he had with Ms Cooper when they discussed affordable rural housing. He also referred to the publication of the Government's Eco Towns Prospectus, which set out its vision for more sustainable developments.
The prince also wrote to then housing and planning minister Caroline Flint in March 2008 about difficulties in completing heritage-led regeneration projects experienced by the Prince’s Regeneration Trust. The Prince suggested a meeting to discuss this issue
The first batch of Charles's letters was released last month after a long-running battle by Guardian newspaper journalist Rob Evans to see the documents following a freedom of information request.
The Government and officials at Buckingham Palace had battled to keep the letters out of the public eye but the Court of Appeal declared the veto unlawful last year - a ruling upheld by the Supreme Court judges in March.