BBC news reported this morning that:
'The architect Lord Rogers has said he believes Prince Charles has broken the "constitutional understanding" governing the role of the monarchy.'
The BBC web site quotes Lord Rogers as saying, amongst other things:
"I think there's a dangerous precedent that the Prince has entered into, which is very much about how he sees style," he said.
"And the Prince is not willing to debate. If the Prince does not debate there must be a question over why he can participate in political situations.
"I think that anyone who uses his power due to birth [like this] breaks a constitutional understanding - it's not a law, it's a constitutional understanding - and a trust we have within our society about the role of people who have received power in that manner."
More detail on this issue is available on the BBC web site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8102158.stm
APTSec introduces this point, not to discuss the merits of this particular proposal for Chlesea Barracks, but to raise the subject of architecture and what and who influences our choices in terms of style of building. Keep following for more on the subject architecture in later blogs, where local circumstances will be reviewed.
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