David Lorimer’s biography Radical Prince deals with these views and the spiritual philosophy that underpins them. The prince tends to get criticised by scientists and other “experts” but he speaks for a traditional form of wisdom, “the perennial philosophy”, (and is something of a prophet for our age.
Richard Lines
London SE19
BRAVO, CHARLES: Why shouldn’t Prince Charles go grouse shooting (Avoiding Charles’s fate, Editorial, last week)? Surely what he does in his private life is his concern? As for this being “out of synch with the times”, would it be preferable for him to do a stint in a reality television show so that he can be “in synch” with the times?
Leslie Tarrago
Lignon, France