To think Prince Charles needs a strong dose of Mumsnet

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So, these long awaited letters came out this week and they show he's been "badgering" ministers etc on various topics of interest to him, including the fate of the Albatross.

To me, he came across as a bit bored and trying to find something substantive to do with his life. Seemed like a storm in a teacup and I can't see why the letters weren't released earlier. (I am assuming they did publish the most controversial ones first and ignoring conspiracy theories that some did get 'lost'.)

For the life of me I cannot understand how it could be so hard for someone as senior as the Prime Minister and cabinet members to manage someone like Charles with a "thanks but, no thanks." Honestly, if they can't do that what hope do we have they're any match for Putin, the North Koreans, various parties involved in the Middle East Peace process....or any serious trouble makers out there.

Apparently, people are afraid to stand up to him though.

Send him over here, I say. We'll soon sort him out.

I quite like that he badgers ministers. Frankly they need to be answerable to someone and it's clearly not us!

I think caring enough to write is a positive trait and I actually think well of him for bothering to do so and I am generally not a royalist.

I'm on the fence about this one.

It is nice that he cares enough about certain things to write, but who's to say that what he personally cares about is worth government time and money over?

I think it's good that they can (and do mostly?) say thanks but no thanks. He's not an elected leader.

The letters have really made me like him more. He doesn't need to care. He doesn't need to get involved or have an opinion on these things.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_royal_family/1589982-Prince-Charless-black-spider-memos?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/in_the_news/2379005-Why-is-Prince-Charles-being-criticised?

Thanks Auntie Stella - probably should have looked for an existing thread!

I found it odd that the then Health Minister John Reid felt he had to show PC the Draft Health Bill (I think it was) and that they then acted on his feedback. Blair seemed to change his tune about homeopathy regulation. Does that just show that Blair personally was some sort of sychophant who couldn't say no?

I guess this is what I found a bit weird, given the tone and the nature of the letters he doesn't appear too hard to manage if you disagreed with whatever he was saying or too aggressive; just someone expressing a concerned view.

Maybe, but I'm with Fauxlivia and Meechimoo on this.

My aunt went to the Galapagos recently and locals don't pronounce it Alber-tross, they say it al-bat-russ, like it rhymes with mattress.

I bet Charlie doesn't know that.

completely misses point of thread

Oooh like HimARHLiyas as prn by the lovely Sir David Attenborough.

Ahem.

PC letters - storm, meet teacup.