A day before suspended Royal correspondent Clive Goodman appears in court charged with tapping into the voicemails of Clarence House, it would seem the journalist may harbour something of a grudge against the Prince of Wales himself.

Goodman is referred to by colleagues as "The Eternal Flame". The reason? Unlike the majority of the journalists who follow the royal scene, travelling the world with the Windsors, Goodman never goes out of the office.

Now it would seem he harbours non-too-friendly feelings towards Prince Charles, whose son William played a part in unravelling the truth of what was going on when he raised suspictions that private phone messages were being intercepted.

When the now suspended Royal Editor of The News of The World attended a cocktail party for the press, hosted by Charles (who always hated the stage-managed 'Meet The Press' events), Goodman was apparently insulted by a comment aimed in his direction by the heir to the throne.

Told that Goodman worked for Rupert Murdoch's News of The World — a Sunday tabloid which has, in its time, caused huge embarrassment for the Royal Family — Prince Charles is alleged to have made a snide remark, directly asking the journalist: "Did you have to un-learn English to go there?"

Let's hope Charles doesn't live to regret his rude and sarcastic 'welcome' for a man who knows where all the royal skeletons are buried....

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Name: M-M

Comment: Surely Charles has had enough years to reach some accomodation with the Press ? He has a huge staff ( 50 office workers ) mainly employed for this purpose . As future Monarch he must learn to co-exist with the 'fourth estate' . Take Peter Phillips for instance - he is allowed to live his life and raises barely a ripple, as do the Linleys and the Gloucesters , there must be something confrontational about Charles and his household . Also their behaviour in public should be above reproach since they must be aware that they are being watched

Name: Pelly

Comment: Au contraire M-M. After the fiascos with NOtW and then the embarassing apologies the Sun had to make over the dubiously obtained and inaccurately dated and placed photos of Harry and William at Purple, I think any intelligent person would have to surmise that Rupert Murdoch and his minions will being thinking pretty carefully before launching any further snafoos that could blow up in their smug faces. I suspect Mr. Goodman himself will be more worried about the legal charges facing him (which could see him cooling his heels in the clink) than he will trying to get back (if such is the case) at the Prince of Wales for a supposed snide remark.

Name: Kimberley	Comment: Charles is reaping what he has sown - DISCORD.

Name: M-M

Comment: I also agree with Mona's post , in addition there exists on the Internet an article by Clive Goodman on whether Charles has actually secretly converted to Islam or not , citing what the Grand Mufti has said about it , and Charles ' various Islamic activities such as reading the Koran daily , opening and endowing various Islamic schools and institutions , his close ties with the Saudi RF , and so on . So I think their mutual antagonism probably stretches back a way . However Charles has now goaded this journalist (who Bolland described as 'a dangerous man ) too far . There will be repercussions , and William , in that particular pic was equally a target , even though Harry got the headline . Perhaps the Press will now stop holding back damaging pics and information on the Wales family .

Name: Chris Roman	Comment: Charles has made no bones about how he loathes the press. Did he ever stop to think it might be two sided. In this day and age he still thinks he is above everyone else and does not hesitate to let others know that. It is this attitude that makes him fodder for the press? It does not take a scientist to figure out that the answer is yes.

Name: Trudie	Comment: As far as Charles is concerned this is tit for tat he resented papers giving attention to Diana and not him for years and his sarcasm is directed at that and Murdoch However, it was William who started the current chain of events and invadng his privacy and that of others should not be tolerated. NOTW went to far beyond decency and morality.

Name: Jacqueline	Comment: My mother always said "If you give the devil a weapon he will beat your brians out with it."..seems Charles not only has given this man a weapon he has given him a reason....

Name: kitty	Comment: Tapping into private cellphone messages is more than just reporting on their activities...

Name: Christina

Comment: I'm in total agreement with Mona's comments. I'm pretty sure ALL the royals have gotten up to things that are NOT reported on because of good relations with the press. Or perhaps a deferance to their work, if not the title. Prince Charles has used the media for decades to get his point across. I think he chose to cause problems for the wrong guy this time. I'd love to be a fly on the wall at Clarence House right about now. If images like Harry groping are what they are getting up to behind the scenes, I think I'd be afraid if I were him. Very afraid!

Name: Mona

Comment: "Told that Goodman worked for Rupert Murdoch's News of The World — a Sunday tabloid which has, in its time, caused huge embarrassment for the Royal Family" The NOTW doesn't "cause" the Royal Family embarrassment. They just report on the the RF's embarrassing activities. And I'm quite sure they've kept much of it from the public. Today's pictures of Harry in The Sun are a case in point. Those pictures were taken some time ago, perhaps a year or two, and they didn't publish them at the time. Perhaps some of the anger towards the media is misplaced.