| Let Luck Be With Royalty Tonight |
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| Written by Joanne Leyland | |
| Friday, 13 April 2007 | |
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In 2005, Charles was widely criticised and mocked by conventional
farmers when it was revealed the Prince had decided to plant organic
crops according to the phases of the moon. This method of biodynamics
owes much to superstition and astrology.Despite being almost sixty years old, the Prince has even followed his sons by wearing bangles which owe much to myth and legend. In 2003, there was much speculation when photographers spotted a distinctive red bracelet beneath the cufs of Charles's Turnbull & Asser shirt. 
Revealing the bracelet was a gift presented during a state visit to Bulgaria, the aide explained: "The Prince of Wales is meant to wear it until he sees a swallow or a stork. It's a Bulgarian tradition to wear such a bracelet from around the beginning of March until the wearer sees either of the birds. It symbolises the change from winter to summer." Superstition may well play a part in the future of the House of Windsor. 
Although aides suggest this is because he wishes to pay tribute to his beloved grandfather (George VI), there are those who feel the Prince's decision may have something to do with the bleak history and scandals which surround the names of his ancestors, most notably Charles I, who fathered no fewer than nine illegitimate children (more if we are to include those who suffered premature deaths). Following years of what was deemed tyrannical rule by the King and his supporters, the monarchy fell, a republic was declared and Charles I was tried and executed for high treason.
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