So, Steve, you believe that it's fine for private telephone conversations to be tapped and the contents published? I don't care if it's Jack the Ripper on his phone, he still has the right to privacy. And Charles (or any of the Royal Family) is not a 'celebrity', there is a difference. Sycophancy? That's your opinion, to which you also have every right. But as for me, I just subscribe to the traditions of a millennium, and happen to like the continuity they provide. I feel they add to the stability of the nation. That's my opinion, to which I too have a right.