Royal Charter on self-regulation of the press

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The Royal Charter on self-regulation of the press is a United Kingdom royal charter approved in 2013. The Queen set her seal on the document at a meeting of the Privy Council after the failure of two High Court actions by Pressbof to prevent it.

{{cite news|title=Queen sets seal on cross-party politicians' charter for press regulation|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/queen-sets-seal-on-crossparty-politicians-charter-for-press-regulation-8914007.html|first=Ian|last=Burrell|date=30 October 2013|work=The Independent|accessdate=31 October 2013}}

The operation of the Charter comes under two Acts of Parliament, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 and the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.

{{cite news|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100240447/nothing-maria-miller-said-will-make-the-press-more-likely-to-sign-up-to-hacked-offs-royal-charter/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012003830/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100240447/nothing-maria-miller-said-will-make-the-press-more-likely-to-sign-up-to-hacked-offs-royal-charter/|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2013|title=Nothing Maria Miller said will make the press more likely to sign up to Hacked Off's Royal Charter|date=8 October 2013|first=Toby|last=Young|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=30 October 2013}}

The Charter creates the Press Recognition Panel (PRP) as a corporation to carry out activities relating to the recognition of press regulators.Para 3.1 of [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/254116/Final_Royal_Charter_25_October_2013_clean__Final_.pdf Royal Charter] In a last-minute change the government decided that the system would not come into effect until a year after the PRP was established, taking the process beyond the 2015 general election.

{{cite news|title=Press regulation royal charter given go-ahead by the Queen|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/oct/30/press-regulation-royal-charter-approval|first=Patrick|last=Wintour|date=30 October 2013|work=The Guardian|accessdate=31 October 2013}}

In October 2016 IMPRESS became the UK's first approved press regulator after its application for recognition under the Royal Charter was granted.{{cite web|title=Panel Gives Alternative Press Regulator Royal Charter|date=25 October 2016|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/press-recognition-panel-gives-alternative-press-regulator-impress-royal-charter-backing/|publisher=Press Gazette}}