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Buckingham Palace has responded to Green Party leader Elizabeth May’s demand for an inquiry into Canada’s robocalls scandal, writing that it isn’t a matter in which Queen Elizabeth II would normally intervene. 

“The Queen has taken careful note of the concerns you express over the fairness of the Canadian democratic electoral process, which you feel is currently being infringed,” writes Jennie Vine, deputy to the senior correspondence officer. 

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“I have … been instructed to forward your letter to the Governor-General of Canada so that he may be aware of your approach to The Queen and may consider the points you raise.” 

May wrote a letter to the Queen in August 2012, asking that “your Majesty Commission a Royal Inquiry to investigate what may potentially be criminal activities which influenced Canada’s last election, and that the aim of the Royal Inquiry be to restore Canada to a free and fair democracy.” 

The responsibility of writing the letter fell to May after a members’ resolution on the issue at a Green Party convention in B.C. last year. 

In the letter, May explains how she took her concerns to Elections Canada and to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, but didn’t receive any response. 

“I remain concerned that with Canadian elections in question, that the current government in power may not be legitimate,” she writes. 

In the reply from Buckingham Palace, Vine points out that “Her Majesty was interested to know of [May’s] views.” 

National Post