Claim: Tibet keeps Prince Charles from Olympics

By Guest Column —— Bio and Archives January 28, 2008

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Prince Charles will not be at the opening ceremony of this year's Olympic Games in Beijing, he told a group that campaigns against human rights abuses in Tibet in a letter disclosed today.

A spokeswoman for the prince at Clarence House declined to comment, saying only: "We would not be able discuss any private correspondence.'' According to the Free Tibet campaign group, it wrote to Charles, the heir to the throne, calling on him not to attend this summer's games in the Chinese capital. In response, the prince's deputy private secretary Clive Alderton wrote: "As you know, His Royal Highness has long taken a close interest in Tibet and indeed has been pleased to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama on several occasions.'' More...