The state owns a vast amount of land, which for historical reasons is used by the sovereign. (Duchies or Cornwall and Lancaster.)<p>If the Forestry Commission (managing forest land owned by the state)  has a problem they write to the government, but their writing is <i>public</i> and they are accountable, ultimately, to the electorate. The royal family should follow the same process, or else return the land to be managed by DEFRA.