“I don't want to be confronted by my future grandchild and them say 'Why didn't you do something?'”

—  Charles, Prince of Wales

The Prince of Wales on conservation http://www.rias.co.uk/prince-of-wales-style-icon/
abc News http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/08/prince-william-kate-register-prince-georges-birth/, 2 August 2013
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