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Edited by: Ziemowit Mar 9, 10, 12:41 #1

Apart from being a happy owner of numerous palaces and - I think - at least one semi-detached ... county in the UK, Prince Charles Mountbatten-Windsor wants to buy the palace in Bożków (Dolny Śląsk) - says the Polish daily "Polska The Times". The prince was moved by a report stating the poor state of stately homes and mansions in this part of Poland, so he wants to give a helping hand buying one of them.

Voici cette nouvelle résidence proposée pour lui, notre cher prince britannique:

Wroclaw BoyThreads: 56 Posts: 5,267 Joined: Jul 3, 09 MEMBER ♂	Mar 9, 10, 12:47 #2
That link doesnt work and i cant find anything with listed search terms, can you provide more details.

TrevekThreads: 30 Posts: 2,088 Joined: May 21, 08 ♂	Edited by: Trevek Mar 9, 10, 12:52 #3
Makes sense, a Battenberg/Saxe-Coburg wanting to return to "German" lands. Probably still thinks it is part of the kaiser-land.

ZiemowitThreads: 10 Posts: 1,056 Joined: May 8, 09 ♂	Mar 9, 10, 12:59 #4
Sorry for the link. I've changed the name of the village in my text which name is in fact Bożków (information on the palace of Bożków in Wikipedia), not Czarnków.

convexThreads: 47 Posts: 7,189 Joined: Nov 25, 09 ♂	Mar 9, 10, 13:03 #5
Ziemowit

VarsovianThreads: 85 Posts: 531 Joined: Nov 23, 06 ♂	Mar 9, 10, 13:08 #6
Now, let me get my head round this - I'm a bit slow - he's doing this to "help"? This money-grabbing anti-green developer has obviously had a change of heart then. In the Duchy of Cornwall he is infamous for building on greenbelt land and using his name to get away with blue murder ... as if he owned the country - which of course he feels he does. How's the local hunting?

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Mar 9, 10, 13:21 #7
Varsovian: How's the local hunting? They forbid the hunting of locals in the late 80's.

Wroclaw BoyThreads: 56 Posts: 5,267 Joined: Jul 3, 09 MEMBER ♂	Edited by: Wroclaw Boy Mar 9, 10, 13:21 #8
Well hes just about the only perosn that would want to buy something like that, question is what the hell is he going to do with it? i always thought it would make an excellent golf and country club.

VarsovianThreads: 85 Posts: 531 Joined: Nov 23, 06 ♂	Mar 9, 10, 13:38 #9
How do you get a gold member?

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Mar 9, 10, 13:41 #10
Varsovian: How do you get a gold member? Scroll up to the top right of this screen and click on Gold. You have to pay for it but it all goes to a good cause, Admin's luxurious lifestyle, naw just kidding.

VarsovianThreads: 85 Posts: 531 Joined: Nov 23, 06 ♂	Mar 9, 10, 14:19 #11
There was me thinking I'd get a funny answer ... like "You paint it!"

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Edited by: SeanBM Mar 9, 10, 14:26 #12
Varsovian: There was me thinking I'd get a funny answer ... like "You paint it!" Ah, the old "Gold member" double entendre has been done to bits on here so I thought I would try a different tack and answer your question. I couldn't resist the 'shoot locals' one though, in my defence all I can say is I am a slave to my own whims.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Mar 9, 10, 14:27 #13
Yeah, word has it that he has his ear to the ground (and just about everywhere else too). Charles, what a waste of space!

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,647 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Mar 9, 10, 14:31 #14
Ziemowit: Prince Charles I know nothing about the royal family, so excuse me if this is an obvious question to you all but is he set to be King when the queen dies?

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Mar 9, 10, 14:34 #15

Varsovian:

In the Duchy of Cornwall he is infamous for building on greenbelt land and using his name to get away with blue murder ... as if he owned the country - which of course he feels he does.

Given the fact that all land in the not-then-United Kingdom belonged to the Crown in the blessed times of Wiliam the Conqueror, and with one-fourth of it being the personal property of the king, I'd say Prince Charles' claims to Cornwall are of modest nature ...

ShawnHThreads: 9 Posts: 3,001 Joined: Jul 2, 09 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 02:41 #16
Seems like the house hunting has begun!

CrowThreads: 365 Posts: 7,192 Joined: Feb 14, 07 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 06:26 #17
Prince Charles wants to buy a stately home in Lower Silesia be afraid

TrevekThreads: 30 Posts: 2,088 Joined: May 21, 08 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 09:13 #18
SeanBM: I know nothing about the royal family, so excuse me if this is an obvious question to you all but is he set to be King when the queen dies? Yes, and his eldest son is next in line after him.

Wroclaw BoyThreads: 56 Posts: 5,267 Joined: Jul 3, 09 MEMBER ♂	Mar 16, 10, 09:15 #19
Crow: be afraid i cant see why, the palace (castle more like) in question is a splendid building at the moment it is just dwindling away, if the prince can bring it back to its former glory and hopefully open it to the public for what ever enteprise it can only be a good thing.

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Edited by: Ziemowit Mar 16, 10, 10:32 #20

SeanBM:

... so excuse me if this is an obvious question to you all but is he set to be King when the queen dies?

Rumour has it that Queen Elisabeth II may outlive Prince Charles and that she may outlive Wiliam and Harry, too. Indeed, given her excellent shape and wealth, it should be seriously taken into consideration. In that case we really can't even imagine who is set to be King or Queen after her.
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Et voilà - here they are: Ich Książęce Mości Charles and Camilla have arrived in Poland for a three-day visit. After having paid an official visit to the Polish Prime Minister and after having had dinner with the President of Poland yesterday evening, Prince of Wales and Princess of Cornwall have rushed off to see the only European primordial forest of Białowieża today. The couple has been recklessly invited to this place as their hosts in Białowieża obviously didn't read the PF in which it was stated clearly that Prince Charles was a "money-grabbing anti-green developer infamous for building on greenbelt land in the Duchy of Cornwall". UK ambassador to Poland Eric Todd was explaining in his surprisingly good Polish on TV yesterday that nothing had yet been decided on their prospective purchase of the stately home in Bożków.

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Mar 16, 10, 10:42 #21

Ziemowit:

You forgot to mention that the crown also managed to loose it since William ran things. I figure they should be happy to have anything since Charles got his head cut off.

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Mar 16, 10, 12:04 #22

Ziemowit:

in the blessed times of Wiliam the Conqueror

Blessed for whom?

Varsovian:

How do you get a gold member?

Did ya nob in some gold paint?

As for good old jug ears - he's expanding his portfolio and probably gets sick of waking up next to a horse and like the rest of British men, fancies a bit of Polish skirt :D

Wroclaw Boy:

i cant see why, the palace (castle more like) in question is a splendid building at the moment it is just dwindling away, if the prince can bring it back to its former glory and hopefully open it to the public for what ever enteprise it can only be a good thing.

Shame he cant do the same for some of our own dwindling estates in the UK, there are many of them.

ZiemowitThreads: 10 Posts: 1,056 Joined: May 8, 09 ♂	Edited by: Ziemowit Mar 16, 10, 12:28 #23
Amathyst: Ziemowit: in the blessed times of Wiliam the Conqueror ----------- Blessed for whom? Blessed for William the Conqueror, bien sûr!

Cardno85Threads: 33 Posts: 857 Joined: Jul 11, 08 MEMBER ♂	Mar 16, 10, 12:41 #24
Ziemowit: Rumour has it that Queen Elisabeth II may outlive Prince Charles and that she may outlive Wiliam and Harry, too. Being healthy and outliving your child is one thing...but Grandchildren...come off it! Is there still debate as to whether Charles should abdicate and give the Throne to William?

convexThreads: 47 Posts: 7,189 Joined: Nov 25, 09 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 12:46 #25
Cardno85: Being healthy and outliving your child is one thing...but Grandchildren...come off it! And their children too, woman's got staying power.

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Mar 16, 10, 13:15 #26

convex:

And their children too, woman's got staying power.

I doubt she will even outlive Charles. Betty's good and healthy, but she's mid-80s and that's pretty old for anyone, even if she can keep her health for another 20 years, I can't see her living much past the 100 mark (by the way, does she send herself a telegram if she turns 100?). Which would put Charles in his 80s and I can't see him taking the throne at this age (nowadays), so I can see Wills stepping in.

convexThreads: 47 Posts: 7,189 Joined: Nov 25, 09 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 13:20 #27
Dick Clark has gotta be pushing his second century. Where there's a will, there's a way.

ArienThreads: 6 Posts: 1,604 Joined: Oct 20, 08 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 13:20 #28
convex: And their children too, woman's got staying power. If I wanted to be King, I would've pushed her down the stairs or something. (Whoops! Sorry!) It was an accident I swear! ;P

convexThreads: 47 Posts: 7,189 Joined: Nov 25, 09 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 13:23 #29
Arien: If I wanted to be King, I would've pushed her down the stairs or something. (Whoops! Sorry!) It was an accident I swear! Or get some 'crazy' guy to try to run them down...

ArienThreads: 6 Posts: 1,604 Joined: Oct 20, 08 ♂	Mar 16, 10, 13:27 #30
convex: Or get some 'crazy' guy to try to run them down... Now that would be a waste of money.. ;)

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