Prince Charles has agreed to allow a four-metre high bronze statue to be erected in the middle of Brazil's Amazon rainforest depicting him as "saviour" of the world in a loincloth with arms outstretched and suspended by giant wings.Source: The Age (Au)The statue is a tribute from the people of Tocantins State, the remote Amazon region. It was the region's affinity with Prince Charles' eco-friendly campaigning that inspired local sculptor Mauricio Bentes.
The statue showed him hovering over a sea of humanity, casting a benign look downwards with his arms in open embrace.
"It is Prince Charles saving the world," said Tocantins' governor, Jose Wilson Sequeira Campos, who sprang the gift on Prince Charles as he toured a research station in the middle of the rainforest swamp.
The prince said he was "amazed" and "deeply touched".
