Latest Outburst From Prince of Wails Won't Win Him Friends
The Herald › November 19, 2004
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DURING his protracted apprenticeship for the day he finally ascends the throne, we have all grown used to the Prince of Wales's strongly-held views, particularly on agriculture and the environment, architecture, education and alternative medicine. Two years ago, Charles was exposed by the Daily Mail as a serial letter writer to government ministers, firing off a missive every other week, on average, complaining about everything from the dangers of political correctness to the plight of country dwellers.
To some he's the dotty prince, talking to his plants at Highgrove, meditating in a bare cabin halfway up his beloved Lochnagar or building a multi-million pound, mock-Palladian mansion for his son and heir.See the full content of this document
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Latest Outburst From Prince of Wails Won't Win Him Friends
To others he is a right royal hypocrite who drove his late wife to distraction in a loveless marriage, who is estranged from his own father and who runs his personal household in such an extravagant manner even his mother feigns private concern.
The leaking of that barrage of letters led to charges that, by meddl...See the full content of this document
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