//Retro, he’s the king so his opinions do count.//
Naomi,
He is now but I am talking about his time as POW. He is the Patron of the Royal Society of Architects and many a time I escorted him to their annual dinners at HQ on the edge of Regent Park. Because he was associated with this society we often had to listen to his comments in and around the capital about certain buildings. Does 'Giant Carbuncle' spring to mind about the New Tate? He poked his nose in about the future of designs for Wellington Barracks and other buildings and proposed developments. He has often been criticised for his opinions ,in writing, to government departments in his spidery scrawl. He was a king in waiting then and had no business in getting involved in political decisions imo.