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This clown won't rest until he destroys what is left of the British monarchy. He needs to watch the British version of the "House of Cards" series to refresh his memory of what a prime minister may do to rid him/herself of an annoying, oppositional monarch.

The Prince would never act unconstitutionally, either as a Prince or as a King. But if you watch 'House of Cards', specifically 'To Play the King', you have to remember that the King in that series is opposing a Prime Minister who does murder people, and who violates British law and the Constitution at will. Yes, he beats the King in the end and forces his abdication. But he doesn't win because he's in the right - he wins because he's just so very good at winning.

In the novel on which 'To Play the King' is based - which, as it's a novel can go a lot more into the depths and intricacies of matters like constitutional law, the King actually comes out as the winner - although he still abdicates in order to personally lead the Opposition in the upcoming election. The BBC changed the ending (as they had in 'House of Cards' - again in the original novel, FU loses) because the program was doing so well, they wanted a sequel. It can be a bit of a surreal experience reading Dobb's novels, because each book ends with FU having lost, and then suddenly he's back at the start of the next one.

As I've said before, I know the Prince. On most issues he's a conservative. For this reason, the left wing press likes to caricature him as a fool. It amazes me this seems to work so well on people here at Freerepublic - I would have thought they'd be aware of these types of media tactics, as they are so often applied to conservative leaders in the US as well.

Environmentalism is one area where he agrees with the left. Almost the only one - so that's the one the left wing press praises him for, and promotes. They don't publicise the fact that he supports things like the right to own firearms, or the rights of people to be secure on their own properties. When he makes a speech pointing out the dangers faced by Christians in the Middle East, that gets largely ignored by the press. So does most of the work he does supporting British Forces, and British veterans.