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Letters; Thursday, 18 March 2010

The development of marine energy is very welcome (“Scotland set to realise potential as ‘Saudi Arabia of marine power’ ”, The Herald, March 17) but it is important to point out that, contrary to your report, the Crown Estate does not own anything and cannot announce anything.

The Crown Estate is a bundle of property rights administered by the Crown Estate Commission (CEC) and it is this body which has consistently confused the public by adopting the identity of the property which it administers as a branding device.