He loved Spike Milligan and must miss him sorely, Charles often seems to side with the irrational verging on insanity or shows a lack of level-hedaed reasoning (homeopathy masquerading being based on science for example) but, on this occasion, we salute the man!
Long Live Charles! Long Live the King!
to be, or maybe not to be, that is.....
Full story courtesy of the Daily Telegraph:
Under the headline: Prince Charles to battle council over closure of historic kipper smokehouse that survived the Blitz.
Prince Charles is preparing to battle authorities after Britain's oldest working fish smokehouse was shut down after a single resident complained about the smell.
It had survived for more than 130 years and was bombed in the Blitz but Walter Purkis and Sons was told to close by Haringey council following a complaint from a resident in a nearby flat block in Crouch End, North London. The Purkis family were informed last month the smokehouse was in breach of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Clean Air Act 1993.
However, the Prince of Wales, a strong supporter of traditional and organic foods, has stepped in to help the owner of the business, John Purkis, whose family has been in the fish business for generations.
Last week a female member of the Prince's staff came to see the Purkis family and asked for details about what had happened. It was explained that the smokehouse won a reprieve and was once again allowed to produce its kippers, smoked salmon and mackerel. However the family were worried the reversal of the ban may only be temporary.
Kipper smokehouse that survived Blitz under threat 10 Jan 2013
"A woman came into the shop and told my son John that she was representing Prince Charles. Apparently, the Prince had read about what happened and had asked her to look into it."
"John told her there was going to be a meeting with the council and she asked him to send her all the details afterwards. It seems the council is now trying to pass the buck to [the department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] Defra.’