sometimes local politicians try to oppose what the dutchie wants to do.y say they find it is as secretive as it is powerful. >> information if you like, comes out, you know, trickle, trickle, and what they want us to know, you know, in this day and age, you know, in this century, you know, anything to do with, you know, with the monarchy, monarch and so on, should be open and transparent and the people should know what's going on there. >> you are thinking cornwall isn't? >> no, it didn't. >> reporter: the dutchie is worth well over a billion dollars. the projects it develops the philosophies that underpins them are designedded to mirror the views of prince charles himself but should he really be doing this sort of thing at all. certainly no doubt in the financial muscle of the dutchie of corn quail wahl and opponents of it, and of the prince of wales here say it's become so big that it's able directly to influence political and economic decisions against the interests of people who live here. opponents in london say the same thing applies on a national l

. >> reporter: i am lawrence lee in the dutchie of cornwall the air of britain owned by the prince ofes and where there are growing concerns about the economic and political actives of the man that will one day be king. on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. so many money stories sound complicated. but don't worry, i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and hi, my name is jonathan betz, and i'm from dallas, texas, and i'm an anchor for al jazeera america. i started in a small television station in rural arkansas. it's a part of the country that often gets overlooked. but there are a lot of fascinating people there, a lot of fascinating stories there. i like that al jazeera will pay attention to those kinds of places. what drew me to journalism is i like the idea that we are documenting history. al jazeera documents it like none other. and to be a journalist, and to be part of a team like that? tha

farming land owned by the dutchie of corn walled.s worth $60 million to the local economy and will create 2 million jobs and sale produce to the local farming community. yet all same thousands of people signed a petition against it. >> discussions recently held on greenfield sites and the need to like at dairy farmers, he's done that around high grove, his beloved home, and you can't blame him for doing so. we would love to sa see the same happen here. >> reporter: much of cornwall has been a dutchie, the current duke of cornwall the prince of wales has turned it in to a massive business, he owns thousands of properties, he owns the coastlines, rivers and beaches he and the queen will share the profits of goal discovered in a former tin mine. all of these play very much a part of the inquiry being conducted in to his power and influence, and indeed there are local and national ramifications for this, prince charles' empire may be world over a billion dollars but cornwall is the poorest count any england not only that the prince doesn

when the dutchy reply applies, it always gets its way. it is found to be secretive as well as powerful. >> what information comes out is trickle trickle. what they want to do in this century, anything to do with the monarchy or the monarch's son should be open and transparent. >> you think it isn't? >> no it isn't. >> the dutchy is worth well over $1 billion. should he really be doing this sort of thing at all? >> there's certainly no doubt in the financial muscle of the dutchy muc of cornwall. political decisions often against the interests of people who live here. opponents of the prince of wales in london, say that raises serious questions about the conduct of the man who one day will be king. the rule says that not only does the queen meet the prime minister every week but charles is known to meet prime ministers on things he is concerned about. >> he has a rather curious mind sort of world view which is kind of a combination of you know traditional christian values and eastern mysticism and environmentallallism that puts him in the m

. >> if you die here without making a will, your money doesn't go to the state, but to the dutchy. ed. >> it's private. you can't ask questions about it. it's not on websites, it's not like council or government spending. it's under the radar. >> creating sustainable food systems. >> views on environmentalism and stapibility could be a model for the future. he acts as an ambassador for cornwall for the world. in the duchy there's a body of opinion insisting that his business empire acts against the interests of local people. >> there's a website save truro for people to comment about the prince's business dealings. >> major league's baseball play-off comes into focus. john henry is here with a look into sports. >> you don't need glasses as strong as mine to see what will happen in the play-off. there was one division crown up for grabs going into the friday night. the la central ground and the st louis cardinals had a chance to win before the home crowd. trying to keep pace with the braves for a home-field advantage. they were busy winning against the cubs. one sent into the left-f

which the touch y -- dutchie applies, gets his way. it's secretive and pouf. >> the information coming down trick trickle, trickle. what they want us to do. in this century anything to do with the monarchy so on and so on should be open and transparent, and the people should know what's going on there. >> reporter: you think cornwall isn't? >> no, it isn't. >> reporter: it's worth well over $1 billion. the projects it develops, the philosophy that underpins them are designed to mirror the views of prince charles himself. should he do this sort of thing at all? there's sadly no doubting the financial muscle of the duchess of cornwall, and they say it's so big can influence political and economic decisions often against the interests of people who live here. opponents of the prince of wales in london said the very same thing applies on the national level as well, and they say that raises serious questions about the conduct of the man who will one day be king. the rule set in stone says the monarchy is apolitical. not only does the queen

it goes to the dutchy. >> it's not like government spending. it's completely under the radar. >> creating affordable food systems. >> his views should be seen as a model as a future. but politicians have adopted his approaches over time and he acts as ambassador throughout the world. but there are those who insist that his empire act against the interests of local people. >> the now back to doha. >> still ahead on al jazeera. no more defections. cuba gives its athletes the green light to play abroad. we have that and sports with joe. on august 20th, >> 21 asylum seekers died after the boat they were traveling in sung on their way to united states. it was on its way to christmas island when it went down off the coast. it was carrying 100 asylum seekers from lebanon, pakistan and iraq. several children were among the dead. 29 remain missing. >>> in china dozens of children have been freed after police broke up a child trafficking ring. more than 300 people are now in police custody. >> coordinated across 11 provinces a series of chinese police ra

there's certainly no doubt in the financial muscle of the dutchy of cornwall and the oponies of it here say it's so big it's able directly to influence political and economic decisions often against the interests of people that live here. opponents of the prince of wales in london say it applies on a national level as well. they say it raises serious questions about the conducts of a man who will one day be king. the rule set in stone is the monarchy in britain is apolitical. charles is known to write to and meet ministers regularly on issues which he's concerned about. his critics say it's in direct breach of his powers to project his opinions on people that didn't elect him. >> he has a rather curious mind world view which is a combination of, you know traditional christian values and sort of this kind of holistic environmentalism that puts him in the sort of manor house in the field. that's kind of his mentality. >> reporter: his supporters meanwhile, argue that the people expect the future king to exercise some opinions and join in the national debate. the prince who is somebody a g