Monarchy -
HRH Prince Charles 2
After the
prince complained about cars zooming past his
Highgrove home, two 30mph signs went up alongside
each of the two entrances to the estate, a
distance of four-tenths of a mile, while the
existing 60mph limit still applies to the rest of
the A433 near Tetbury. Tetbury’s deputy
mayor John Dearnley said the restriction was in
force to stop accidents. He said, “The road
has been a concern for many years and the town
council have been pushing for speed restriction
of 50mph throughout. The council agreed that the
road was a problem but said there should not be
one flat limit. They said it would be better to
have separate restriction in separate
communities. But four-tenths of a mile is rather
short, though.” Another case of 'who you
are'.
Prince Charles urged the
Government to help struggling farmers by ordering
its departments to buy British. The Prince of
Wales said public bodies such as schools,
hospitals and the Armed Forces should and could
buy British products. This came shortly after he
signed a deal with German car firm Audi. An Audi
spokesman said he thought the
"open-ended" lease deal, worth about
£100,000, involved four cars. A St James's
Palace spokeswoman said she was only aware of one
car bought to replace a Vauxhall Omega the Prince
had driven which were no longer produced and
defended his decision to buy a German car. She
said, "Vauxhall have decided to stop making
Omegas so he has had to pick another car and has
chosen Audi. Audi was the car that met the
required specification." She said the
decision did not contradict his comments about
buying British because "he was talking about
food, not cars".
Despite the fact we are living in
the computer age, Prince Charles believes young
people are wasting their talents sitting in front
of office computers and should be turning to
apprenticeships and traditional crafts, obviously
unaware that many 'traditional' crafts died out
years ago.
The Prince of Wales has admitted
he has enjoyed some good banter while talking to
different vegetables. He made the comments as he
opened an extension to Europe's largest organic
research centre, Ryton Organic Gardens, in
Warwickshire, as part of a one-day tour of the
county. On opening a new interactive exhibition
on the history of vegetables, he said,
"Bearing in mind some of my more
illuminating conversations have been with
vegetables, none of you will be surprised that I
am delighted with this development. I have had
the odd banter with a brassica."
While bemoaning the loss of almost 2,000
varieties of vegetables from cultivation since
the 1970s, the Prince said he was sure a runner
bean would make a good confidant, adding, "I
think because runner beans don't run off to the
press." Charles, who is patron of the Henry
Doubleday Research Association, which runs the
gardens, was shown around part of the 23-acre
site, including the new exhibition illustrating
the part vegetables have played in social
history.
He stopped briefly to play with a giant
interactive green pepper and larger-than-life
leek. He also met local children studying for a
rural science GCSE which required them to
maintain plants and animals at school. The
Prince, who last visited the site 14 years ago,
said he was encouraged by their work and overran
his visit by half an hour. Earlier in the day,
the Prince voiced his support for Britain's
smaller agricultural producers on a visit to a
farm food hall.
After an hour-long tour of the Field To Kitchen
farm produce shop based at Dobbies Garden World,
in Mancetter, he told suppliers and staff,
"It is a very brave and courageous business
that you are involved in."
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