article_snippet.sent: as many damn letters were penned between September 2004 and March 2005 and sent by the Prince of Wales to seven government departments.
article_snippet.sent: The first letter is a typed ­invitation to a meeting of Regional­ ­Development Agency leaders in 1999.
article_snippet.sent: The second is more personal and was written in the Prince's ­distinctive handwriting in 2003.
article_snippet.sent: the Prince opens by joking that the Prince has 'been overdoing the quota' of letters to the Deputy PM.
article_snippet.sent: the Prince has long been accused of 'bombarding' ministers with 'black spider' memos attacking government policy.
article_snippet.sent: the Prince letters are so-named after the Prince distinctive handwriting and abundant use of underlining and exclamation marks.