LONDON — After a week of controversy over the failure of the French and British governments to include Queen Elizabeth II in the 65th anniversary commemorations of the D-Day landings in Normandy, palace officials announced Tuesday that they had found what amounted to a face-saving solution — Prince Charles would join this weekend’s commemorations in his mother’s stead.
Nobody, at least for the record, was prepared to say whether an intervention by President Obama, who will attend the ceremonies with President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, played a part in the ...
pibi - 4 years ago, in poll Charles, Prince of Wales
LONDON (AFP) — Prince Charles cost the taxpayer almost 25 percent more last year than the previous 12 months, his accounts showed Tuesday -- despite cutting his costs by almost half a million pounds.The annual report published by Clarence House shows government and taxpayer funds given to the heir to the throne went up by 23 percent from 2.45 million to three million pounds.Charles' aides said two foreign tours to Asia and Latin America were responsible for most of the increase, with official transport costs going up from 1.16 million pounds in the 2007-8 tax year to 1.71 million in ...
pibi - 4 years ago, in poll Charles, Prince of Wales
OTZ Nachrichten 12.11.2008
London (dpa) - Die britische Königin Elizabeth II. hat ihren Sohn Prinz Charles kurz vor seinem runden Geburtstag in den höchsten Tönen gelobt. Bei einem Besuch von Charles' Stiftung, dem Prince's Trust, sagte die Queen am Mittwoch:
»Während der 60. Geburtstag des Prinzen von Wales, unserem Sohn, näher rückt, möchte ich sagen, dass wir beide ungeheuer stolz auf seinen persönlichen Beitrag zu dieser bemerkenswerten Organisation sind.« Die Königin (82) war zusammen mit ihrem Mann Prinz Philip (87) zu ...
cici - 4 years ago, in poll Charles, Prince of Wales
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