The madness of Prince Charles

If the heir to the throne wants to employ an army of slug botherers, why not? Good luck to him.

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Prince Charles: is he really so divorced from the life of ordinary people?
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Like most people, I enjoy the pageantry associated with the royal family, and certainly wouldn't want to see us go in the direction of the stripped-down "bicycle monarchy" that they have in Sweden. So one has a degree of sympathy for the trials of the prince who is the next in line to the throne.

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