The Prince of Wales current events 3: Nov 2006 - January 2007

[milla Ca]

Prince unveils online vidio diary

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6166726.stm

The Prince of Wales´ website has been revamped to include a vidio charting a day in his life and that of his wife.

Today in the media and press (Telegragh, Times...) are many reports about the new PoW website and the vidio.
Very good, to hear such a positive echo!

[ysbel]

Hmm, my thoughts on the website are mixed.

Its a very impressive layout and very well organized. I agree with the others that the new focus on the family is particularly nice.

But...and maybe I'm being a stick in the mud. It looks too much like a normal news site or the home page of one of the photo agencies like Corbis or Getty.

Everything is nicely arranged and easy to find; the only thing its missing is a little atmosphere, a sort of royal magic.

Maybe I'm being too picky though, it is very well done.

[iowabelle]

I was looking at Camilla's Coat of Arms yesterday myself and I was disappointed that it did not discuss the significance of the boar and her family's symbols.

[iceflower]

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales tastes food on sale as he opens the West Newton Village Shop and Butchery on the Sandringham Estate on November 23, 2006 in Norfolk, England.


Testing food Meeting children In front of the shop
(Photos by Pool/Anwar Hussein Collection/Getty Images)

[hayz64]

I think Camilla should be known as Queen when Charles becomes King,but if it isn't going to happen (which looks quite possible) then i don't think it would really make too much difference.We all know the truth anyway...CHARLES LOVES CAMILLA....CAMILLA LOVES CHARLES! We know she is always going to be there for him,supporting him like she has for the past year,so therefore i really don't think it matters like that!

[Skydragon]

War-battered Sierra Leone spruces up for Prince Charles' visit

FREETOWN (AFP) - A major clean-up is under way in Freetown as the capital of war-torn Sierra Leone gears up for the first ever visit by Britain's Prince Charles next Monday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061124...n_061124131820

[AuroraB]

Originally Posted by Skydragon

War-battered Sierra Leone spruces up for Prince Charles' visit

FREETOWN (AFP) - A major clean-up is under way in Freetown as the capital of war-torn Sierra Leone gears up for the first ever visit by Britain's Prince Charles next Monday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061124...n_061124131820

I do believe the author needs a proofreader/fact checker. Prince Charles is 58, not 57 years old. His grandfather (King George VI) was not POW in 1926 - the year that The POW Secondary School was founded.
But my favorite sentence is this one: "A British standby "Over the Horizon Force" is positioned in London, ready to fly to Freetown within 24 hours in response to security threats, according to diplomatic sources." Not what I would call a rapid response from a team that's on standby!

[iceflower]

Charles on a pheasant shoot on the Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, UK on November 24, 2006. Photo by Nunn Syndication/ABACAUSA

Charles 1
Charles 2
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[Avalon]

Originally Posted by iceflower

Charles on a pheasant shoot on the Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, UK on November 24, 2006. Photo by Nunn Syndication/ABACAUSA
Charles 1
Charles 2
Charles 3

Thank you so much for the pictures, Iceflower!
I just absolutely love this hat, it suits Prince Charles very much!

Once more article about the Prince of Wales's new house and the impact on locals.
Village anticipates onset of 'Charles effect'

[politikgirl]

The new website looks wonderful. I'm glad to see Prince Charles embracing the internet by realizing its potential to be a small way of reinvigorating the monarchy for the internet generation. The old website of HRH was very, very dated (kind of like some of the other websites from certain royal families - Belgium, Norway, Monaco, even Spain) and the new one is very much in tune with the beautiful and elegant websites of some of the other royal families (including the British main monarchy site, as well as Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands). I'm going to enjoy going through all the new stuff on the site today.

[milla Ca]

Charles welcomed to Sierra Leone

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6176000.stm

Prince Charles has been welcomed to Sierra Leone with a performance of music and dance by the west African country´s National Dance Group.

Thank you for posting more pics, Iceflower .
I also like so much the pics where Charles plays the drums.

[Avalon]

Thanks for the BBC article, milla Ca, I really enjoyed the video!

Prince Charles visits Sierra Leone

Thousands of people flocked to see Britain's Prince Charles when he arrived in Sierra Leone today on his first ever visit to the west African country.
The heir to the British throne is making the trip, according to diplomatic sources, to help cement ties between Britain and its former colony after the west African state emerged from a brutal 10-year-long civil war.

[Skydragon]

CHARLES PICKS UP THE BEAT IN SIERRA LEONE

Prince Charles has been getting into the rhythm of things in West Africa. The future king showed off his musical skills by playing some traditional drums when he was greeted in Sierra Leone on Monday

http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty...-sierra-leone/

[Skydragon]

Prince Charles designs Mouton label

Prince Charles is joining the greatest artists of the 20th century as he becomes the latest painter to feature on Chateau Mouton-Rothschild's label.

http://www.decanter.com/news/101874.html?aff=rss

[love_cc]

thanks for the news and the photos about Prince Charles's african visit. I am impresssed and hope that he will have a safe and sucessful visit.The more I learn about him, the more I respect him as Prince of Wales who is very delicated to his work.

[Skydragon]

Prince Charles meets locals making cotton using traditional methods at Dawakin Kudu Village, in Kano, Nigeria on the third day of his West African tour. Photo credit should read: Lewis Whyld/PA/POLFOTO

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[iowabelle]

I saw a book of Prince Charles' water colors for sale in a secondhand store... and I thought they were quite attractive. This book included some of Balmoral and Windsor, so they were rather moody, with lots of grays (for the rocks and the castles) and clouds.

I had thought I might like to take the book apart and frame some of them. (And I wouldn't hang an ugly painting, even if it were painted by a Royal.)

[blackdaisies]

it would be a great idea to frame or to put in a photo ablum depending on their size. if you scrapbook you can paste them on a piece of construction paper and poke holes to put on a ring binder to keep them. the will still be displayed nicely. i wonder why he doesn't do oil painting? if he can do that in watercolor, he can do it ten times better in oil. i hate acrylics because i'm too slow and the paint dries before i can get done. he could at least try those too. i would love to see an oil painting from him and a portrait too.

[Avalon]

I have the collection of his Watercolours (book by the Prince of Wales) and I think they are really pretty good. My opinion has nothing to do mith my general (very high) opinion of the Prince of Wales. The watercolours are really good. The book includes about 70 of his paintings and I trully enjoy most (if not all) of them.

[Skydragon]

In pictures: Nigeria's royal welcome

Nigeria's northern emirs gave Prince Charles a royal welcome on his tour of the West African country this week.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6200492.stm