Charles gets chance to tell it like it is
24 Apr 2008
PRINCE CHARLES next month will get the chance to air the views that have brought him so much criticism over the years when he addresses an audience of top British business people on the issue of climate change.
The Prince and Prime Minister Gordon Brown will appear as part of the Prince of Wales’ May Day Business Summit on Climate Change.
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