Prince of Wales current events 10: October 2008 to October 2009

[Warren]

Prince of Wales current events 10

commencing October 2008

part 9, covering the period April to October 2008, can be found here

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[Skydragon]

Prince Charles will next month join hundreds of Kindertransport evacuees at a major London celebration marking the 70th anniversary of parliament's decision to admit 10,000 children fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe.

TotallyJewish.com | News | National

[iceflower]

Royal Investiture: Entertainer Paul O Grady is made a Member of
the Order of the British Empire by the Prince of Wales at Buckingham
Palace central London, October 16, 2008
Pic number 2 has something funny

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[Skydragon]

Outkast star ANDRE 3000 is convinced PRINCE CHARLES would approve of his new clothing line Benjamin Bixby, because he can see the British royal wearing the range himself.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf...0range_1084049

[iceflower]

The Prince of Wales at the royal residence of Birkhall near Ballater
Aberdeenshire where he is presenting service medals to members
of the Queen's Own Yeomanry, October 21, 2008

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[Skydragon]

Super pictures iceflower, Thank You. Oh to be a fly on the wall for that conversation!

[Russophile]

You know, he looks an awful lot like Prince Philip in these pics.

[georgiea]

Prince of Wales gets honor fellowship from environmental body
MoreThanWaste.com - The Prince of Wales accepts Honorary Fellowship from Environmental body (25/10/2008)

[Skydragon]

Well done Charles!

[ada]

Originally Posted by georgiea

Prince of Wales gets honor fellowship from environmental body
MoreThanWaste.com - The Prince of Wales accepts Honorary Fellowship from Environmental body (25/10/2008)

Thanks for the link to the article. I hope it gets a wide press coverage' PC wasn't so weird all those years ago after all.

[Skydragon]

THE firm who make Prince Charles's whisky are to invest £15million centralising their global marketing operations in Scotland, creating 20 jobs.
International Beverage Holdings, parent firm of Inver House Distillers, employ 150 people in Scotland

Royal whisky firm set for £15m expansion - The Daily Record

[Russophile]

Originally Posted by Skydragon

THE firm who make Prince Charles's whisky are to invest £15million centralising their global marketing operations in Scotland, creating 20 jobs.
International Beverage Holdings, parent firm of Inver House Distillers, employ 150 people in Scotland

Royal whisky firm set for £15m expansion - The Daily Record

Did you know that Maker's Mark in Kentucky sells all their whiskey barrels to Scotland after they use it because they can only use them once. The Kentucky whiskey/bourbon industry is highly regulated. That's cool that they are creating 20 jobs. In this economy every little bit counts!

[Skydragon]

Originally Posted by Russophile

Did you know that Maker's Mark in Kentucky sells all their whiskey barrels to Scotland after they use it because they can only use them once. The Kentucky whiskey/bourbon industry is highly regulated. That's cool that they are creating 20 jobs. In this economy every little bit counts!

I didn't know where they all came from. Many of the distilleries have specialized malts, with sherry casked being I think quite common, I have seen Bourbon, Burgundy, Port and Madeira casked and wondered where they got them all from. It all smells and tastes revolting to me!

[Skydragon]

PRINCE CHARLES'S "picky" culinary requests and the late Princess Diana's quirky sense of humour were revealed today by a royal chef.

Charles demanded aides fly pheasants from the Queen's Sandringham estate halfway round the world to serve at banquets and insisted his tea-time eggs were boiled for exactly four minutes.

Royal cook sells off notes written by the princess | News

I can't see a problem over the eggs, they have to be just right!

[kimebear]

It would be nice if the proceeds from this auction went towards her favorite charities.

[Princess Eudoxia]

Originally Posted by Skydragon

PRINCE CHARLES'S "picky" culinary requests and the late Princess Diana's quirky sense of humour were revealed today by a royal chef.

Charles demanded aides fly pheasants from the Queen's Sandringham estate halfway round the world to serve at banquets and insisted his tea-time eggs were boiled for exactly four minutes.

Royal cook sells off notes written by the princess | News

I can't see a problem over the eggs, they have to be just right!

No wonder the British complain about the wastefulness of the royals. I wonder how much it costs to fly pheasants around the world!

[Jo of Palatine]

Originally Posted by Princess Eudoxia

No wonder the British complain about the wastefulness of the royals. I wonder how much it costs to fly pheasants around the world!

And I wonder how much it costs to fly freshly caught tuna to the sushi-restaurants around the world. Or to ship fresh asparagus from Peru to europe. Or deliver strawberries to the shops for Christmas.... Are we all wasteful? Yes we are. But at least Charles does it to promote British products while we just enjoy the "good selection" of food in our supermarkets.

[MARG]

Originally Posted by Jo of Palatine

But at least Charles does it to promote British products while we just enjoy the "good selection" of food in our supermarkets.

Well said Jo. It is good to see an obvious piece of misinformation corrected.

Originally Posted by Menarue

But at least Charles does it to promote British products while we just enjoy the "good selection" of food in our supermarkets.

Too true!

It is a fundamental truth that to tell a half truth is often far more misleading than an outright lie. You caught it! Well spotted.

[Elspeth]

Originally Posted by Jo of Palatine

And I wonder how much it costs to fly freshly caught tuna to the sushi-restaurants around the world. Or to ship fresh asparagus from Peru to europe. Or deliver strawberries to the shops for Christmas.... Are we all wasteful? Yes we are. But at least Charles does it to promote British products while we just enjoy the "good selection" of food in our supermarkets.

Well, but unless the British pheasant market is looking for export opportunities (at which point it'll just be a case of people wanting to enjoy the good selection of imported food), I'm not sure what he was promoting.

[Jo of Palatine]

Originally Posted by Elspeth

Well, but unless the British pheasant market is looking for export opportunities (at which point it'll just be a case of people wanting to enjoy the good selection of imported food), I'm not sure what he was promoting.

British lifestyle and culture?