Interesting story, though I note that Geoffrey Howe disclosed what happened to the House of Commons in... 1975 in what The Guardian chose to describe as "a previously unnoticed speech". https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/07/revealed-queen-lobbied-for-change-in-law-to-hide-her-private-wealth
Revealed: Queen lobbied for change in law to hide her private wealth

Monarch dispatched private solicitor to secure exemption from transparency law

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/07/revealed-queen-lobbied-for-change-in-law-to-hide-her-private-wealth
I would argue that announcing what you did in Hansard is as far as you can get from hiding something to the public.
Howe made the remark in a debate on an increase to the Civil List in 1975. This was on The Observer's front page on 23 February 1975.
And that is the front page of The Guardian on 27 February 1975, the morning after Howe made that "previously unnoticed speech".
And if you say "nobody reads Hansard!" (not true, but anyway), might I point to the fact that The Times reported this "previously unnoticed speech" in its pages on 27 February 1975?
And if you say "nobody reads Hansard!" (not true, but anyway), might I point to the fact that The Times reported this "previously unnoticed speech" in its pages on 27 February 1975?
And if you say "nobody reads Hansard!" (not true, but anyway), might I point to the fact that The Times reported this "previously unnoticed speech" in its pages on 27 February 1975?
I could go on, but I'll finish with this quote from the Financial Times of 24 February 1975: "A former senior Conservative Minister said he only came to deal with the Bill after it had been “discussed by the DTI and the Palace.”"

https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/102634 
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