Published in the New Law Journal, vol 162, 25 May 2012, p 726
The Duke of Edinburgh is famous for his
less-than-politically-correct remarks. Wincing as they often are, he seems to
get away with it because he has otherwise been content to play a silent second
fiddle to his spouse, who in turn has almost always studiously observed the
requirement of her role to be seen as above the political fray, devoid of any
revealed political opinions.
By stark contrast, their eldest offspring, the Prince of
Wales, seems rather taken with his own opinions and has rarely been shy about
expressing them, whether on modern architecture, the environment or the Human
Rights Act. In 2005 his propensity to speak out landed him in some bother when
a disloyal subject leaked some of his private journals to the press.
The journals concerned his trip to Hong Kong in 1997, when
that particular slice of the rump of the Empire was being returned to China in
what was inevitably referred to as the Chinese Takeaway.
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