Flood families thank Charles
The Prince of Wales admitted that speaking his mind is “in his blood” as he revisited communities on the Somerset Levels hit by floods this year.
Charles was in the village of Muchelney, where in February he shamed ministers and the Environment Agency into finally responding to the crisis when he said: “The tragedy is that nothing happened for so long.”
Jane Pine, 59, of Meare Dairy Farm, in North Curry, said: “We have been fighting for ten years to try to do something about these moors and he achieved more on his February visit than in all that time. I told Prince Charles and he said ‘Well I had to do something, it runs in the family, it’s in my blood.’ And he is, he is just like his dad — he says it like it is.
“He said, ‘At least I have done some good.’
He really does know what he is talking about, he is a farmer himself and he knows what is going on at this time of year.
“He pushed all the politicians into doing something. We have all been pushing for years and they have done nothing."
