By Judi McLeod
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Britain's Prince Charles seems more of the frog than the prince.
Landing hither and thither on ideas in the same fashion of a mosquito that won't go away, now Charles has created a right royal ruckus among his own staff. The Prince has ordered all underlings to either hoof it or use bicycles in running royal errands and delivering his goodies from Harrods to whichever royal pad he and wife Camilla happen to be camped in at the moment.
In his big fight on global warming, he aims to go down as the "Green Prince".
It's jolly good for his subjects that he doesn't want to be known as the "Fairytale Prince" given his penchant for the "perfectly boiled egg" coming home from the hunt and other quaint eccentricities.
The way things are going, no Cinderella would ever want a glass slipper if it comes filled with eggshells.
"The royal is determined to do his part to fight global warming and has told chauffeurs that they should travel by bicycle when they check on arrangements for his engagements. He has also advised aides to find a more environmentally friendly fuel for his fleet of cars." (www.allheadlinenews.com).
The 58-year-old princeling has promised to never rely so readily again on the royal helicopters and private jets.
How's he now planning on getting around?
In his personal SUV, the Royal Train.
From now on, Camilla gets a break from packing up his delicate cucumber sandwiches--crusts off--because hubby intends to commute from his royal residence Highgrove to London by public train. He won't be giving up, however, his brolly.
"The Princes' new green plans--which he hopes to have in place for him and his wife Camilla in February--have not been well received by some senior royal staff who fear they will be too difficult to implement."
It can't be too easy for arthritic, 82-year-olds to run royal errands around town on bicycles.
"There are also rumblings that his new arrangements will embarrass Queen Elizabeth and the rest of the royal family who still travel by helicopter and private jets."
Next, His Royal Highness will be making orders to dismantle the Queen Elizabeth II.
Like his american counterpart, blueblood al Gore, the Prince of Wales wants to leave only the tiniest doll-size of a carbon footprint, which is all the rage on both sides of the ocean.
But while the Prince is in Goody Two Shoes mode, one senior figure told Britain's Evening Standard newspaper it's "hair-pulling" time for the hired help.
The spin-doctors are themselves in a spin. How do you paint a green picture of the Prince, a man, who although he repeatedly admonishes the world about the dangers of global warming, actually tools around town in a classic aston Martin and flies on a private aircraft around the world?
Royal spin meisters should be tartly informed that if al Gore can do it, so can the Prince.
Charles' last year trip to the U.S. with Camilla in tow cost the taxpayer more than $640,000, with an extra $420,000 tacked on the travel bill for the couples' week-long visit to New York by private jet.
all to lecture the already Kyoto Protocol-plagued, President George W. Bush.
Like those men who are only little boys grown tall, the Prince loves the choo choo, especially when it's the Royal Train.
Its biggest user, the Prince seems to ignore that MPs are complaining that the Royal Train--on average costing twice the price of royal air travel--is hugely expensive to run.
Some senior MPs have called for the Royal Train to be scrapped outright. They want the Queen and Charles to lease a train from a commercial operator when necessary or attach a private carriage to an ordinary train, used by ordinary people.
adopting the sky-is-falling style of al Gore, Charles has been outspoken on the threat of climate change through global warming.
"In a rare TV interview, he told CBS: "If you look at the latest figures on climate change and global warming--they're terrifying." (www.thisislondon.co.uk).
Nothing terrified his most charming grandmother, the Queen Mother, who'd likely give Charles his comeuppance for taking on pretender status as the "Green Prince".
Is it any wonder that there are some among Charles' own staff hoping that his mother has the longevity of Queen Victoria?
Canada Free Press founding editor Most recent by Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years experience in the print media. Her work has appeared on Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com, Glenn Beck. Judi can be reached at: judi@canadafreepress.com
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