U.K. inner cities dismay Prince
NZPA London Britain’s inner cities have been condemned by Prince Charles as “one of the appalling legacies” of the Industrial Revolution. Speaking in an interview on Radio Four, the Prince said that to repair and renovate the inner city areas would require “mindboggling” investment, but: “If we are going to arrive at a reasonable situation, more must be done. With a £36,000 million (SNZ7B,OOO million) annual social security and welfare bill, the depletion of North Sea , oil would bring “great
difficulties” by the turn of the century, he said. Prince Charles was being interviewed about the Royal Jubilee Trusts which sponsor inner city projects. He said that he believed that the “accident of birth or wealth” or privileges was only justified by obligations to return something. If he “sold up” and gave up everything, the Prince said: “It would be a three or four-day wonder. There would be headlines about it’ for a bit and a lot of people would think I was quite dotty. “I’m not sure how much I could achieve after that.”
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