27th August 1979. The IRA blew up a fishing boat to kill Lord Louis Mountbatten. They also killed a 14 year old boy, a 15 year old boy and an 83 year old woman. Three other people (including another child) were seriously injured.
Lord Mountbatten - a decorated war hero (he served as a Midshipman in the First World War and as an Admiral in the Second World War) was Prince Charles' mentor, his Godfather, and also his Great-Uncle.
I don't classify terrorists according to their religion. They are mass murdering scum whatever their claimed motivation is.
And I know what time period I'm living in. Are you aware that the IRA detonated their most recent bomb on the 12th of April this year. They bombed a British Army base in Belfast. That's two months ago. A little over a year ago - March 7th 2009 - they attacked a British Army base and shot to death two British soldiers, as well as wounding two other soldiers and two civilians. Last year they also seriously wounded three police officers and killed one. They haven't, as one person here has claimed, abandoned their cause. Irish Catholic terrorists are still active. That is current reality.
Most British Muslims (I'm not talking about Muslims around the world which is a different matter) are not terrorists. Most of them despise terrorism. The Prince was talking to moderate, well educated, Muslim students. He wasn't talking to those who support terrorism. He wasn't promoting Islam either - he was encouraging people who are already Muslim's to direct their faith towards something he considers to be a social good, rather than towards social evils.
This was a speech to Muslim's specifically. It was not intended to promote Islam. That is yet another media misrepresentation.