Qualified Speaker or proper Charlie ?

[olddutch]

“Prince Charles yesterday urged the world to follow Islamic 'spiritual principles' in order to protect the environment.

In an hour-long speech, the heir to the throne argued that man's destruction of the world was contrary to the scriptures of all religions - but particularly those of Islam. He said the current 'division' between man and nature had been caused not just by industrialisation, but also by our attitude to the environment - which goes against the grain of 'sacred traditions'.

Charles, who is a practising Christian and will become the head of the Church of England when he succeeds to the throne, spoke in depth about his own study of the Koran which, he said, tells its followers that there is 'no separation between man and nature' and says we must always live within our environment's limits. The prince was speaking to an audience of scholars at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies - which attempts to encourage a better understanding of the culture and civilisation of the religion.”

Does this man bring profound enlightenment to us all with his riveting pronouncements ?

Or

Like his Mum, in his royal job should he have to keep his gob permanently shut, where his unqualified personal views are concerned ?

[modeller]

One little problem ,apart from the loss of tourist income , the cost of having a succession of presidents and all their cohorts , plus the cost of pensions and security for all the ex presidents , is far far greater than having our single monarchy .

[olddutch]

Mod

maybe so - it would have to be properly and fairly costed - I suspect that if there was the Political Will then a substantial savings could still be made - esp.in these coming years of austerity - a "cut to the bone" Head of State (royal or non royal) could be arranged - the political will to do it is key