Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall snub tree campaigners

Rewilding advocates say decision by royal estates is an appallingly undemocratic affront to our futures'

The duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, two of the royal family's largest portfolios of land, have snubbed tree campaigners who are calling for the royals to rewild their estates.

Rewilding advocates at the campaign group Wild Card have been meeting for months with the crown estate, which manages most of the royal land and pays the revenue into the Treasury. They say relations have been really positive".