Prince Charles

Prince Charles and Camilla Begin a Weeklong US Tour
In a move that the British press predicted won’t cause much stir in the states, the royal couple began a weeklong tour of the United States on Tuesday.

Charles Declares Mumbai Shanty Town Model for the World
Dharavi slum contains attributes for environmentally and socially sustainable settlement, prince says

Why Prince Charles is Right About Agribusiness
John Vidal: It's easy to scoff at the Prince's latest 'green' intervention, but if you really look at what he's saying, it's completely cogent

Bombing Forces Change of Plans for Charles and Camilla
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall were yesterday forced to abandon plans to visit a madrasa in Peshawar, 60 miles from the strike in the Bajaur region, and stay near the Pakistan capital, Islamabad, instead.

World Briefing
Prince Charles' visit to Pakistan this week is intended to repair strained relations. But even if further controversy is avoided, the royal tour will dramatise the dilemmas closing in on Pakistan's unelected leader, General Pervez Musharraf, writes Simon Tisdall.

Gallows Cast Shadow Over Prince's Pakistan Visit
Prince Charles had to raise case of Mirza Tahir Hussain during first official visit to Pakistan, but diplomats would probably have been happier if he hadn't.

Charles is in Town - Mind the Traffic
If the New York newspapers are at all representative, the first official foreign tour of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall did not begin auspiciously.

Prince Charles Meets Victims
Prince Charles visits the Tamil-dominated district of Batticaloa, which along with neighbouring Ampara was home to some 15,000 of Sri Lanka's 31,000 tsunami dead.

A Royal Wedding ... Oh
Polly Toynbee: This tripe, trivia and tosh poisons British politics and belittles us all. What is the good republican to make of this impending royal nuptial?

Till Death Do Us Join
Charles may be an old man before he feels free to marry Camilla. It's in the nature of being an heir to the throne that you can only be successful if someone snuffs it, but the life of the Prince of Wales has been unusually circumscribed by deaths.

Royal Behaviour is Irrelevant
Even if Prince Charles were a saint, the monarchy should be abolished. Last week some newspaper columnists advanced a novel constitutional theory. They announced that, were the rumours about the Prince of Wales true, the throne itself would topple.

Prince Used Contacts to Free Saudi Jail Britons
Prince Charles played a central role in securing the release of six Britons who claim they were falsely imprisoned and tortured in Saudi Arabia for bombings they did not commit, The Observer can reveal. Repeated demands by the Prince of Wales to senior Saudi officials ultimately proved...

It's the gift that counts
Yesterday Prince Charles's right-hand man Michael Fawcett resigned after the publication of the report on the selling of royal gifts. One constitutional issue remains unclear; if "Fawcett the fence" gets a leaving present from Prince Charles, will he be allowed to flog it? It would make for an interesting farewell speech.

Royals hit back after butlers fiasco
Prince Charles's private secretary today denied that police had been misled over the practice in the royal households of giving unwanted presents to servants.

Charles follows Diana into Aids work
Prince Charles is to become actively involved with Britain's largest Aids charity in a move that mirrors the work of his former wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, who died five years ago.

Organic Scandal Halts Germany's Green Revolution
Prince Charles gives his backing to Schröder's beleaguered farming policy in an effort to restore consumer confidence in green products.