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When speaking in reference to other countries, an American is well advised to be cautious about the meaning of the term, “conservative.” this reply on an old thread is one of my favorites, on the topic of American conservatism and its relation to conservatism in other countries.

You're right, there is a difference, but even in US terms, the Prince is a conservative.

Except on environmental issues, and to some extent on the issue of Islam (although his position on that is far more nuanced than I think a lot of people here would realise - and he utterly despises Islamic extremism and terrorism with a ferocity that I think would stun a lot of people - when you and your entire family are a potential assassination target for terrorists trying to make a point, I think it gives you an interesting and unusual insight into it), he'd fit in extremely well here on Freerepublic - if he was allowed to.

I have to be very careful, because constitutionally his exact views need to stay private, and I don't want to betray confidence, otherwise I'd give a long list of positions where I know he would agree with the American conservative line. So I'll just point out that one of his favourite recreational activities is hunting, and allow you to draw your own conclusions about what he thinks of laws that limit the rights of people to own firearms, and that he has two sons who have recently served their nation in uniform, as he did himself, and that he attends Church almost every Sunday in a nation where it has become highly unfashionable to do so - this is all publically available information, so I think I can say it. There's a lot more I can't.