Future monarch describes Rogers Stirk Harbour scheme as 鈥渋nsane鈥�

Prince Charles intervened in Richard Rogers鈥� Chelsea Barracks development in order to 鈥渄raw a line in the sand鈥� over the quality of development in the capital, he said today.

The Prince of Wales, talking for the first time about the collapse of the Candy & Candy-sponsored scheme in an interview in Vanity Fair, also branded the designs as 鈥渋nsane鈥�.  

He said: 鈥淚t just seemed to me that you have to start drawing lines in the sand about how much London is going to be mucked about with. I鈥檇 seen some of the plans and I thought, this seems insane.鈥�

He defends his actions in the piece, and also appears to imply that he has, as has been widely alleged, intervened regularly in other schemes.

He said: 鈥淚 just wrote a letter 鈥� a confidential letter to somebody I happen to know. I didn鈥檛 do anything in public. It only came into play when they, for some reason or other, leaked my letter. Frequently, I鈥檝e written letters to people that they pay no attention to at all.鈥�

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