Although an outlander who has no dog in this fight, I suppose I should not comment, but that has rarely stopped me in the past.

Charles had the misfortune to be born into a royal family, whith little useful work to do until he eventually succeeds his mother, as King of England. So like an obedient child he ships out to various Outward Bound type schools that set out to make a man out of him, even if they kill him in the process. He survives this training and becomes an officer in the British Military. As a Prince he is expected to become a Para, perhaps an SAS commander, and certainly an aviator. Mustn't neglect the RAF. But can he proceed up the line to become the Colonel of the Regiment, or an Admiral of the Sea, or the meanest bugger who ever climded down from a parachute? Not hardly, he must be eternally groomed to become England's eventual monarch, no matter how long it takes.

In my book he has done well at almost everything he started, and with such an exciting role ahead of him, no matter how far away, he busies himself with improving the management of his ancestral acres, sells the odd bit of organic food, sires some young'uns, and waits for his eventual real job.

Sorry, folks, I'd not have his job for anything. I like being able to walk among my fellow towns folk without drawing a crowd unless I have forgotten to zip something completely up; have Halloween trick or treaters or Guy Fawkes children knock on my front door seeking, "A penny for the Guy," and provide some contact with my neighbors and their children. I have no interest in trying to run the British Empire, some day, probably far away, as I said, I wouldn't have his lot for anything! And I think he's doing a pretty good job of carrying it off.

Dave