“We reported on 17th and 18th January (‘Huhne accused of leaking letter about new royal yacht’; and ‘All the malice of Machiavelli – but sadly none of his skill’) that Chris Huhne MP had leaked a letter about the new royal yacht to journalists in an attempt to discredit colleagues. We now accept that this is wrong, and apologise to Mr Huhne for any embarrassment caused. We particularly regret the offence caused by Cristina Odone’s article.”
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