When Prince Charles decided last week to have a brief respite from nagging the rest of us about our profligate ways he elected to visit the theatre. I assume that he purposely chose to travel by Rolls Royce so that the demonstrating students would see the rewards that can be earned by a lifetime of hard work. He was accompanied in the vehicle not only by his ex-mistress the lovely Camilla but also by a chauffeur. He was followed by his security detail in another car. (I have little or no knowledge of security procedures but on this occasion it seems that to have had at least one member of the security detail in the Rolls Royce might have been a wiser decision.)
However the most interesting thing about this simple trip to the theatre is that there was also a third vehicle involved, reportedly a Ford Galaxy to carry the prince's staff. It is some years since I last visited the theatre in question, the London Palladium and things may have changed but it certainly did have tip-up seats during my last visit. Recent press coverage has shown that Prince Charles requires assistance from an equerry before he is able to successfully lower the royal posterior into one of these chairs but beyond this I cannot understand why he would require a people carrier full of staff merely to visit the theatre. The people carrier must have been full because someone with the enviable green credentials which Prince Charles has would surely not allow his staff to use such a vehicle to carry a single person. This leaves two questions unanswered.
Firstly should we pay any attention to the repeated pronouncements from this highly privileged individual as to how we should all mend our ways when he sets such a poor example himself? Secondly, if as a nation we feel that we still need a monarch perhaps one who is able to sit down without assistance might be a better choice?
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