Charity Commission Complaint
In March 2010, the political organisation Republic, which campaigns for an elected head of state, registered a complaint with the Charity Commission for England and Wales over a possible breach of charity regulations, suggesting that the foundation's staff had pursued a public vendetta against Edzard Ernst, a professor of complementary medicine and prominent critic of the Prince of Wales' support for alternative medicine.
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