article_snippet: Anyway, the truth is that we no longer live in an age of deference.
article_snippet: Nor do we live in an age of secrecy.
article_snippet: But ever since an amendment to the Freedom of Information Act in 2011, any such correspondence is legally deemed to be private.
article_snippet: Ever since an amendment to the Freedom of Information Act in 2011, any correspondence by the Royal Family is legally deemed to be private .