Prince Charles to pen book on climate

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - In one of her missing letters to the Queen Mother Princess Diana claimed that Prince Charles had three lovers while they were married. Diana, who died in a car crash in 1997, named Camilla, Aussie Lady Dale Tryon - known as Kanga - and another high society squeeze in the sensational note, reports The Daily Star.

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - Prince Charles and wife Camilla are turning wedding planners and "loaning out" their country retreat of Highgrove House to wannabe brides and grooms. And included in the package will be the royal couple's shared "expertise".

September 19th, 2009 LONDON - Princes William and Harry paid a secret visit to wounded servicemen and their families in Afghanistan. The royals spent three-and-a-half hours with those injured in Afghanistan at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine at Selly Oak in Birmingham.

September 17th, 2009 LONDON - The younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II destroyed letters from Princess Diana in a bid to protect the British royal family, a new book reveals. The late Princess Margaret told a friend that she had ordered the destruction of large bin bags full of personal papers "because they were so private", says the book - a biography of Queen Elizabeth II's mother, who died in 2002 at age 101.

September 7th, 2009 LONDON - Britain's Queen Elizabeth has reportedly reprimanded Prime Minister Gordon Brown for handling the war in Afghanistan poorly, especially on the issue of equipment shortage for troops. Leading historian and journalist Andrew Roberts, who has close links with the Royal Family, said he had learned of the Queen's anger through a member of the Royal Family, a serving general and a recent Cabinet minister.

September 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A senior architect in Britain has accused Prince Charles of "abusing his position" to influence planning decisions. Ruth Reed, the first woman president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), claims that the Prince of Wales used his royal status to interfere in the "democratic process".

July 19th, 2009 LONDON - Prince Charles joined Kate Middleton, the girl tipped to be his future daughter-in-law, to watch Princes William and Harry play for a charity polo match. The Chakravarty Cup match, which raises funds for charities supported by the Royal Family, took place at the Beaufort Polo Club in Gloucestershire, reports the Daily Express.

July 9th, 2009 LONDON - Prince Charles has likened himself to Henry VIII, saying his ancestor was a tree hugger, just like him. The Royal made the reference while urging action to stop climate change during the 2009 Richard Dimbleby Lecture in London.

July 4th, 2009 LONDON - Prince Charles has paid tribute to Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, a close friend, whose "heartbreaking" death in Afghanistan has left him "mortified". Charles, the colonel-in-chief of the Welsh Guards, had met the high-flying officer and his wife Sally many times.

June 16th, 2009 LONDON - The row over the planned construction of a Qatar-backed luxury housing project in London Tuesday prompted calls for an examination of the "constitutional powers" of Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne. Prominent architect Richard Rogers, whose modernist design for the prestigious project was withdrawn by investors last week - following a reported intervention by Prince Charles - said a "dangerous precedent" had been set.

June 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A first edition of Charles Darwin's pioneering work On The Origin Of Species, found at a family home, is set to go under the hammer. Only 1,250 copies of the text were created when it was first printed in 1859.

May 14th, 2009 LONDON - Prince Harry will reportedly spare taxpayers thousands by paying for his trip to New York out of his own pocket. The royal will raise money for his Aids charity Sentebale and is allegedly set to host a VIP dinner later this month, reports the Sun.

April 28th, 2009 LONDON - Heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, has warned that the world risks the possibility of plunging into a "new Dark Age" unless urgent action is taken on climate change. During his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, Charles said the global economic crisis was "nothing" compared with the "horror" of global warming.

April 25th, 2009 LONDON - Proud of the role that his grandmother, Princess Alice of Greece, played during the Second World War, Prince Charles is to appear in a film that will tell the stories of 12 figures who helped save Jews from the Nazis. In The Rescuers: Heroes of the Holocaust, Prince Charles praises the "very remarkable" mother of the Duke of Edinburgh, who hid Jews in the royal palace in Athens and withstood interrogations by German officials.

April 19th, 2009 LONDON - World's leading architects have slammed the Prince of Wales for "using his privileged position" to interfere in the design of a controversial luxury development in London's most attractive part. Five Pritzker prize-winning architects alleged that Charles has "skewed" the democratic process by using his royal connections in an attempt to stop modernist plans for the former Chelsea Barracks.