Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Trump aides have raised concerns that Prince Charles, the crown prince who thinks Mad King George was “misunderstood”, will use an upcoming state visit to try to humiliate President Trump in front of international media.
Trump’s team fears climate change differences with Prince Charles could flare up in state visit
Ben Riley-Smith, assistant political editor
28 JANUARY 2017 • 10:00PM
Donald Trump’s aides have raised concerns that a likely meeting with Prince Charles during his state visit could backfire because of the pair’s differences on climate change.
The US President’s team is understood to have worries that the American press could jump on any difference in comments on the environment.
There are also concerns that copycat protests based on those in Washington DC on the day of his inauguration could be seen when he comes to Britain later this year.
Mrs May presented an invitation from the Queen for a state visit during her trip to the White House, which Mr Trump accepted – though dates are yet to be announced.
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Prince Charles this week called for action on climate change to avoid “potentially devastating consequences” while Mr Trump is a known sceptic.
Sources close Mr Trump and UK Government figures told this newspaper there were concerns that any joint appearance could see the pair questioned about climate change.
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Prince Charles bizarre climate antics include taking a five day $80,000 trip on the Royal Train around Britain, to lecture people about climate change – right in the middle of a government austerity programme, which included extensive public sector job losses.
In February 2010, Prince Charles called into the working class city of Manchester to tell everyone that climate skeptics are liars – after arriving on a coal powered replica of a 1948 steam locomotive.
Prince Charles is a strong supporter of organic farming – according to Wikipedia his 900 acre organic royal farm uses lunar crop planting cycles and the application of homeopathic potions to plant leaves, to improve yields.
Prince Charles recently wrote a Ladybird book on Climate Change – the book is aimed at adults, but apparently uses a children’s book format to present its content.
But who knows, perhaps Trump’s aides are wrong, Prince Charles has other priorities. The royal fascination with the Mad King seems to run very deep.
Back in 2005, the Palace issued a denial that Charles planned to change his name to George when he ascends to the British throne.
Perhaps Prince Charles’ real intention, when he meets President Trump, is to discuss an unfortunate misunderstanding with the colonies which occurred during the Mad King’s reign, on July 4th, 1776.
Don’t forget this pronouncement of his – 100 months to save the world. From when he said it in 2009, “the end” is due in July this year, so he’d better make his travel booking.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/4952918/Prince-Charles-we-have-100-months-to-save-the-world.html
“Government officials believe that the Prince’s passion to protect the environment is hugely respected abroad and that he can play an increasing important role as he inevitably moves closer to becoming king.”
Chuckles.
The Bonnie Prince is a burden our Brit friends bear. I will respectfully refrain.
On this side feel free to slang the hell out of our little tin gods. We do it day and night with great gusto. No offense taken.
Stay home Chuck if you are going to do a mini me Al gore speech . Climate changes , always has , and thankfully it’s warming . Humans influence everything and if it’s a bit of warming good . Obviously conserve energy but the scary global warming con game undermines science and other environmental priorities .
100 months to “save ” the world . Really ? Zero credibility . Stay home and look after your amazing wonderful Mom .
How great would it be if trump invited Charles to come and visit him for a round of golf at his Scottish estate?
Prince Charles is a bullheaded guy
With the science IQ of Bill Nye
Which means he’s a jerk
Who has never done work
And whatever he says is a lie
Serious threats to European wellbeing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38808504
As migrants to Oz in the early fifties my father learned quickly the advantages of being a royalist.
One day a health inspector came by and my father duly invited him to have a cuppa tea (coffee or wine just did not resonate with the Ozzie palate in those days).
As he sat down he observed a cheap, single page calendar prominently displayed on the wall with the picture of QEII saying “Oh, you have a picture of the queen!” My father responded enthusiastically to the inspector’s beaming expectations and approval.
When leaving my father queried that he had not yet gone to inspect the chooks’ pen. No need as the inspector was sure they were perfectly fine and trotted off with little ado.
To his death my father’s annual order with local traders was for a calendar displaying the queen; he was a fast learner in a new country.
Oz is a constitutional monarchy with QEII as head of state. There is much affection for her but there is little doubt we will dispense with royalty and become a republic if Charles ascends to the throne. Few want a head of state who talks to trees, wants to be a tampon or jail skeptics to highlight just a few of his daft proclivities. My father would not be impressed!
With a different method of selecting the president, the 1999 republic vote might have been closer than 45-55%.
If Canada and Australia go republican, can Britain be far behind? Popularities of Charles and William are down a bit, but still positive and up from Chuck’s low of 39% approval.
I can easily see Trump smiling condescendingly at Charles and saying, “Well, Your Highness—I guess that’s what they still call you, despite your manifest smallness—you seem to me to be another example of centuries-long inbreeding among European royals, propped up by tradition and sentimentalism, and otherwise full of more shit than a Christmas Goose.”
“I believe that it is not a good idea for Mankind to be burning up the Earth’s very finite supply of fossil fuels just as quickly as possible.”
But we’re not. Start with nuclear power, which the warmistas irrationally hate.
King Charlie
Rue Brittania here comes your king
The leaden will replace the gold
He’s something of a feckless thing
And something of a nasty scold
The scepter of too great a weight
His head to small to fit the crown
And swaddled in the robes of state —
The monarchy is sizing down
Eugene Wr Gallun
Put a little Court Jester Hat on him. Even his Mother thinks he’s a fool.
I vote for Prince Harry. He’d liven things up!
The Queen is highly respected because she never talks politics in public (she do have a backstage role, no more). Cimate-change is politics.
Prince Charles talks too much, he is ill-prepared to the silence that fits his future role as king. That’s why so many people hope him to skip his turn in favor of Harry
As my wife said when Charlie came on tv to flog his book and views on climate change: ‘Don’t just yell at the tv – write to him…’
So I did.
I’m expecting the convoy of black Range Rovers containing men in grey suits wearing earpieces,to rock up in front of my house any time soon…..
A dynasty is always established by someone who is energetic, intelligent and capable. With primogeniture, and regression to the mean, the royal heirs gradually get to be of ordinary energy, intelligence, and capability, and wind up in over their heads when dealing with rulers of other nations..
The death of Queen Elizabeth II might be a good time for the UK to abolish the royal title.
Abolish the hereditary rule but keep the title and sacred coronation. Plus the palaces and guard changings, etc, for the sake of tourism.
Or find a more deserving family, if it must be hereditary. A majority of Britons descend from royalty, so open it up to all of them.
An empty palace makes for a better tourist trap.
True. Sell photo ops on the throne.
Except for the Hanoverian dynasty, from which the Saxe-Coburg-Gothas (“Windsors”) descend. Its lethargic, dumb and incompetent German founder was placed on the throne by Parliament by virtue of being a Protestant, even if Lutheran and not Anglican.
Where did the “Angles” come from?
Long live the Queen!
Aw geez, someone already said it in the exact same words. I should have searched before I posted. I just knee-jerked because of the ridiculousness that this ass wipe might one day be the Monarch.
I am not amused.
Neither are we.
I just hope that Trump reminds Charlie boy that he called climate change disbelievers headless chickens for not believing the hundred months to uncontrollable global warming tipping point and that the hundred months has virtually expired with no change except for the adjustments made to the data by the climate scientists.
By normal pre climate science rules of science that make the theory a fraud. Our would be monarch might do well to remember what happens to odd monarchs called Charles.
Yup. Three years ago the clueless clown said that:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/31/climate-change-sceptics-headless-chickens-prince-charles
Such a clown should never wear the crown.
As an Englishman I cannot understand why his very intelligent parents haven’t pointed out the facts!
He obviously doesn’t talk to his sister, Princess Anne, who has more savvy in her small fingernail!
This is a useless, politically inspired post that doesn’t contribute anything to scientific debate. It’s only contribution is to help people afflicted with insomnia. Anthony, time to get rid of Eric before I get rid of WUWT.
…. Am inclined to agree.
…. a bit hasty above …. I suggest closing the topic, not banning the subscriber(s).
Still, with comments about Camilla, and Roger’s mention of Princess Anne, there lingers the question: “Which one’s the horse?”
Is it really worth going then?
I’m fascinated — and bothered — to the extent that Brit Royal Succession has ***SOOOOOO**** dominated these columns.
I return to my Mantra: “What properly and acceptably accredited qualifactions do *[you]* (as a self-proclaimed authority) have to pontificate on matters “Climate-Scientific” beyond the opinions of a lay-person? Qualifications that command the respect by the open-minded, pragmatic, qualified, practitioners of Paleo-Historic Climate Science?
Back to Bat-Ears HRH Clown (oooops! Crown) Prince, and back to Donald Trump. I would suggest that the former trying to lecture the latter is an exercise of the ‘Enviro-functionally but perhaps well-meaning blind’ trying to convert the ‘Inconvertibly pragmatic, common-sense’ revolutionary’ that Trump brings (at last!) in the context of affordable power for all, and the never-ending benefits to mankind of harnessing it.
Bat-ears will, without question, have his stand-by generators and water-supply (courtesy of the State??) and is — and will be — insulated from the effects of the Creed that He preaches. He is *not* qualified to represent the day-to-day survival issues affecting the serfs in his future(?) realm. If He starts to lecture Trump, I suggest Bat-Ears be asked to prove the acceptance of His ideology by his future underlings…. down to sky-rocketing electricity bills.
P.S. For anyone who has an axe to grind, include me as a lay-person with hopefully intelligent questions, but no answers in the scientific context … I limit my opinions to non-scientific issues, and challenging the self-serving propagandists, B_S artists, sinecure-retaining Scientists, pork-troughing opportunists of all sorts who are riding this Scam for all they’re worth, and who are trying to propagandize us proles in following-along.