Vernon Bogdanor would have us believe that the Prince of Wales’s “controversial” meddling in public policy is a good thing. But Prince Charles’s interventions and lobbying activities demean our democracy – and have deprived the public realm of great architecture.
At the end of June Prince Michael of Kent attended a retro aircraft festival organized by The Air Squadron in Ukraine. The Russian press always followed such events with adulation, but this event was hardly covered and the media have clearly decided that he is unworthy of their attention. Why?
The author of the first major contemporary critique of the monarchy looks over his argument as Scotland moves towards independence under a shared crown and inaugurates a new debate 'For England's Sake!'
