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Is Prince making a Charlie of us?

Mar 15 2009 by Ken Oxley, Sunday Sun

Even if Prince Charles is right, surely he’s the wrong person to deliver this message given his utter lack of credibility in matters of science.

In a case of spectacular bad timing, earlier this week he was accused of “outright quackery” over claims made for one of his Duchy Originals products.

His so-called Detox Tincture costs £10 for just 50ml and claims to be “a food supplement to help eliminate toxins and aid digestion”.

Edzard Ernst (OK), the UK’s first professor of complementary medicine, described that claim as “implausible, unproven and dangerous”.

He went on to say that Prince Charles and his advisers appeared to be deliberately ignoring science, preferring instead to rely on “make believe and superstition”.

And this is the man we’re supposed to take seriously as an environmental spokesman.

In another case of poor timing, Buckingham Palace was exposed this week as London’s most environmentally damaging building.

A team of scientists — real ones — used thermal imaging technology to measure heat loss from buildings. The Queen’s residence scored zero out of 10 and was labelled “shocking an appalling” in a report.

It said: “It appears the building is better at heating the air outside than inside”.

Prince Charles is said to be embarrassed by the survey. I bet he is.

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