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First Poundbury, now Bahrain: Should Prince Charles really be selling town planning to despots?
www.independent.co.uk
For much of the world, Bahrain is notable for unpalatable reasons related to its repression of democracy protests. For the Prince of Wales, the Gulf state is of more interest – it is claimed – as a business opportunity for the charity set up to expound his ideas on town planning.