Queen Elizabeth wants the paparazzi to back off and she's not kidding around. The Queen's attorneys are threatening legal action over the intrusive actions of the aggressive British tabloid press, which many still blame for the death of Princess Diana. Prince Charles says he understands the interest in the family, but says that when they are off duty -- say having their traditional family Christmas at Sandringham -- that they should be allowed some privacy. Take a look:
Prince Charles Delivers YouTube Message About Rainforests
Prince Charles has used YouTube to deliver a message about the Rainforests Project he has launched. Near the end of the video (see below) several of Prince Charles' celebrity guests appear including Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Robin Williams, the Dalai Lama, Prince William and Prince Harry. They are all accompanied by an animated frog. According to the Prince's Rainforests Project's website you will soon be able to record your own message with this frog - details can be found see here.
Prince Charles is also writing a book about the environment called Harmony that will be out in 2010.
Elizabeth Hurley and Prince Charles Start Organic Food Venture
Marie Clairereports that Elizabeth Hurley and Prince Charles are teaming up to launch an organic food line. Hurley will supply organic meat from her farm for Duchy Farms, an organic food company started by Prince Charles in 1990. Elizabeth Hurley's farm already sells humanely-raised beef, pork, and lamb to chefs and farmers markets around the UK says Marie Claire.
"His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales is an inspiration to me because of his passionate belief in organic food and farming and his unwavering commitment to help protect and sustain the countryside," said Elizabeth.
Marie Claire does note that Elizabeth Hurley received a letter from Peta a couple years ago. Peta wants the piglets, calves and lambs to be able to live out their lives in "comfort and safety" and encouraged Elizabeth Hurley to become a vegetarian.
Reuters says the organic foods from the partnership between Elizabeth Hurley's farm and Duchy Originals will launch in October. Reuters also says Duchy Originals sells over "200 typically British foods, with all profits going to charity."
Esquire Names Prince Charles World's Best Dressed Man
Esquire has named Prince Charles the world's best dressed man. Esquire says of Prince Charles, "He is perfectly turned out in a double-breasted suit. Admirably, the prince keeps his wardrobe in appropriate style: we're told he has a room laid out like a tailor's shop," the men's magazine said." Most of Prince Charles' suits come from Saville Row tailors, such as Gieves and Hawkes. He always wears them with a pocket handkerchief and silk tie.
Prince Charles has converted his 38 year old Aston Martin to run on wine. Yes, that's right, wine.
As part of cutting his carbon footprint, the prince has converted the 38-year-old classic car - a 21st birthday present from the Queen -- to run on 100 per cent bioethanol fuel distilled from surplus British wine.
Sir Michael Peat said: 'Charles only travelled two or three hundred miles a year in the Aston but he wanted it to be environmentally friendly. It just happened that our bioethanol supplier makes the fuel from surplus English wine.'
The car -- which is kept at Highgrove and clocks up just 300 miles a year -- averages ten miles a gallon, the equivalent of 4.5 bottles of wine for every mile.
How could there ever be any excess wine? Has it turned into vinegar? We do recall something from our EU studies about the wine train -- the excess wine is put in tankers on a train and it rides all around Europe. But that wine was kept off the market to keep the prices from falling. Don't the British want their excess wine to drink? And how could Great Britain possibly produce so much wine that they have enough excess to turn into biofuels? It's all most puzzling.
Update: Ah, ha! It all becomes clear. It is due to the EU that there is excess wine. The EU puts limits on how much wine British vineyards can produce. The excess over quota is sold to make biofuels. You can bet that the vineyard owners aren't happy about some EU official telling them how much wine they can produce.
Marie Claire 
Prince Charles has converted his 38 year old Aston Martin to run on wine. Yes, that's right, wine.
