§ The Marquess of Ailesburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether press reports that legal proceedings were instigated in Argentina with the object of detaining the Prince of Wales were correct. [HL1593]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)We have been advised by the Argentine authorities that, during the visit of HRH the Prince of Wales to Argentina, a lawsuit was presented by a lawyer to a federal judge in an Argentine provincial city accusing his Royal Highness of genocide and human rights abuses during the Falklands conflict. The case was rejected immediately by the judge on the grounds that there was no case to answer.