It’s not every day you get to meet a member of the Royal family - and teach them a new skill as well. However, that’s exactly what happened to students at Barnes Wallis Academy when HRH Prince Charles visited Tattersall last month The Prince of Wales met with a number of lucky students from the Academy which is part of the David Ross Education Trust. Prince Charles, who is President of the National Trust, had the chance to meet members of the local community who had been invited to attend the exclusive event at Tattershall Castle.As part of the visit, Prince Charles enjoyed a tour of the landmark, where he admired historic graffiti scratched into the stonework and viewed tapestries.Following his tour of the castle, Prince Charles visited the nearby Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity, where he met students from the Academy who told him about life in their community.Bryony Curley, a Year 8 student at Barnes Wallis Academy, is a bell ringer at the church. She said: … [Read more...] about Barnes Wallis students ring a bell with Prince Charles
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Prince Charles to be targeted by Australian protestors at ‘Stolenwealth Games’
Commonwealth Games protesters calling for justice for Aboriginal people have demanded a meeting with Prince Charles. Brisbane Aboriginal-Sovereign Embassy, who are organising the “Stolenwealth Games” protests, want Prince Charles to pay them a visit so they can “have a yarn”. The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games commences tomorrow, finishing on April 15. Speaking to the Gold Coast Bulletin embassy leader Wayne Wharton said the group wanted to meet Prince Charles to discuss the Royal Family’s role in “the dispensing of war in this country”. “The land is still held by the Crown, people think the Crown is just a mouthpiece but it’s not and we think they have a bigger role to play in the reclamation of Aboriginal people’s position in this country,” he said. “We want to be able to get to [Prince Charles] and have a yarn to him and we want to make sure he listens to our … [Read more...] about Prince Charles to be targeted by Australian protestors at ‘Stolenwealth Games’
Prince Charles calls for peace, unity in televised Good Friday message
PRINCE Charles has used his Easter message to call for peace between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East pointing out similarities between the Quran and the Bible.In a taped speech released today, Prince Charles said “biblical lands such as Syria and Modern Iraq” had centuries where people from the three major faiths lived “side-by-side as neighbours and friends”.“For example, I have heard how in Lebanon, Muslims join with Christians at the Shrine of our Lady of Lebanon to honour her together. I know, too, of senior Muftis who believe in the essential importance of the Christian faith to maintaining the balance of the Middle East,” he said.Prince Charles, who is set to visit Queensland next week for the Commonwealth Games, empathised the similarities between Christianity and Islam noting that both faiths celebrate Mary the mother of Jesus.“At Easter, as we recall the suffering of Our Lord, we also remember Mary his mother and the torment … [Read more...] about Prince Charles calls for peace, unity in televised Good Friday message
Prince Charles delivers Easter message
Prince Charles has released a videotaped Easter message offering support for persecuted Christians around the world.The message released Friday was recorded earlier this month at Charles' Clarence House residence in central London.He expressed sympathy for people who have "had to flee for their faith and for their life" and says he had been deeply moved by their courage and ability to forgive.He said all three Abrahamic faiths had endured persecution when religion "has fallen into the barbaric grip of those who distort and misrepresent faith".Charles is heir to the British throne. He has spoken out in the past on the need for religious tolerance. … [Read more...] about Prince Charles delivers Easter message
Prince Charles watches prisoners perform in choir at Dartmoor Prison
0 Post a comment Wednesday, 28 March 2018 - Community News by Contributor - Supplied Content @tavistocktimes [email protected] THE Prince of Wales visited Dartmoor Prison last Friday (March 29) to watch a performance by participants of the Prison Choir Project. The project aims to find a way to rehabilitate prisoners, ex-offenders and people experiencing mental disorder through opera, song and choral music.The participants were joined by professional performance artists for the show, which included songs from Bizet’s Carmen and finished with a rendition of Do You Hear The People Sing from Les Miserables.Adam Green, the founder of the Prison Choir Project, said the project was a wonderful experience for the prisoners.The professional musician said that it was a ‘huge honour’ to perform in front of The Prince of Wales and show what they were doing in prisons, which was ‘an unusual environment to hear Carmen the opera’.Of … [Read more...] about Prince Charles watches prisoners perform in choir at Dartmoor Prison