A Word From The Prince Of Wales - Updated

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“As my wife and I prepare to embark on our upcoming tour of The Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria, I did just want to take this opportunity to send you all our special greetings and to say just how much we are looking forward to meeting so many of you.” Tomorrow The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall arrive in The Gambia for the start of the Royal visit to West Africa. Listen to The Prince speak about how much he is looking forward to #RoyalVisitTheGambia 🇬🇲, #RoyalVisitGhana 🇬🇭 and #RoyalVisitNigeria 🇳🇬 by following the link in our bio.

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No news here, really, it's just unusual to hear directly from Prince Charles. As I've mentioned in previous posts, he turns 70 in two weeks, and in a couple of recent pictures I thought he was looking his age, or to be more precise, I thought he appeared to have aged quite a bit. I admit, I wonder how old he'll be when he finally accedes to the throne.

Thursday morning update: More publicity for Charles. It looks like he's going to be everywhere in the days leading up to his birthday.

A killer photo of Prince Charles graces the cover of this month’s ⁦@VanityFair⁩. The picture was taken by ⁦@alexilubo⁩ who also took Harry & Meghan’s engagement and wedding photos. #Charlesat70 pic.twitter.com/evQsTQ1twO

— Victoria Arbiter (@victoriaarbiter) November 1, 2018

I'm more interested to read the story about why Camilla is Charles's rock. Did you notice that although she got a headline, the Duchess is not pictured on the cover? To quote Tina Brown, and I'm paraphrasing from memory, these days no one steals, or even shares, the spotlight. It's all about Charles. You can read the VF story here.