{"id":13,"date":"2005-11-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2005\/11\/prince-charles-is-not-a-snobbi.html"},"modified":"2005-11-07T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-07T12:00:00","slug":"prince-charles-is-not-a-snobbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2005\/11\/prince-charles-is-not-a-snobbi.html","title":{"rendered":"Prince Charles Is Not a Snobbish Bore"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p>Could we take our eyes off Camilla Parker Bowles&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalarchive.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1486&amp;Itemid=2\" target=\"_new\">borrowed tiara<\/a> for a moment, and see that Prince Charles (currently on tour in the U.S.) is not such a loathesome guy? As I learn more of his passion for the environment, his dream of a sustainable argriculture, and his fondness for the writings of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skylarkbooks.co.uk\/Rudolf_Steiner_Biography.htm\" target=\"_new\">Rudolf Steiner<\/a>, I see that if I ever sat next to Charles on the morning subway, we&#8217;d have a good deal to productively discuss. His royal highness is less of a hawk than Blair or Bush on Iraq, by the way. AND, he started <a href=\"http:\/\/www.princeofwales.gov.uk\/trusts\/traditional_arts.html\" target=\"_new\">a school <\/a>in England that offers sophisticated courses in sacred art traditions. If that weren&#8217;t enough, he is reasonably skilled at painting country sunsets with watercolors. What a guy!<\/p>\n<p>But Charles and his long-patient bride can&#8217;t catch a break from the press. <\/p>\n<p>As preparation for their U.S. tour, which ends this week, <a href=\"http:\/\/select.nytimes.com\/search\/restricted\/article?res=FB0D17FC355B0C7B8EDDA90994DD404482\" target=\"_new\">The New York Times<\/a> writes, &#8220;British newspapers have focused on issues like the buzz about Camilla&#8217;s new yoga regime, the unfairness of Charles&#8217;s granting an interview to &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; instead of to them, the royal tiara that Camilla wore to a recent state dinner and the threat by American Diana-lovers to wave anti-Camilla placards and yell mean things when the duchess appears in public.&#8221; In America, <a href=\"http:\/\/deseretnews.com\/dn\/view\/0,1249,635157463,00.html\" target=\"_new\">a USA Today poll<\/a> proclaimed the American public &#8220;bored&#8221; with the whole royal visit.<\/p>\n<p>I say, &#8220;Hang in there, Charles! Get humble. Stay calm.&#8221; We may reach a time when this spiritual prince, once lambasted for using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.castleofspirits.com\/ouijaboards.html\" target=\"_new\">Ouija boards<\/a>, will enter the realm of true respectibility, despite his numerous PR problems.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could we take our eyes off Camilla Parker Bowles&#8217;s borrowed tiara for a moment, and see that Prince Charles (currently on tour in the U.S.) is not such a loathesome guy? 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