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Charles is not the first royal concerned about nature. Mad King George dabbled in botany when he wasn't losing his mind or the American colonies, and Charles' father, the Duke of Edinburgh, has long supported wildlife causes. But it is Charles who has become the crusader, with a vision of Britain that may border on the romantic but is in synch with Britons alarmed by what is happening to their green and pleasant land. He has the energy and dedication to get things done. "My problem," he has said, "is that I become carried away by enthusiasm...
...Dunhill Cup Pro-Am at St. Andrew's Golf Course, Edinburgh, Scotland...
...many of the 1,400 or so American undergraduates studying in Britain (an increase of 26% in the past three years), family connections, a fondness for all things British and, most of all, the prestige associated with an Oxford, Cambridge or Edinburgh education matter more than price. Yet even though Britain's tuition fees for foreign students are substantial, they are lower than those at many private U.S. schools, and a bachelor's degree usually takes only three years...
...such fun to write," Rowling says of the first Harry Potter book. "They still are incredibly fun to write." She lives comfortably but not lavishly in Edinburgh with her daughter Jessie, 6, fending off as many outside demands on her time as she can in order to keep writing. She was completely unprepared for, and doesn't much like, all the press attention that has been mounting since she became a best-selling first novelist. During some early interviews, she mentioned that her beginning work on the Harry Potter books corresponded briefly with a bad patch in her personal life...
DUKE OF SLUR It took Buckingham Palace less than three hours to issue an apology after the Duke of Edinburgh, touring an electronics company, said a fuse box looked like it was "put in by an Indian." The palace has had practice. Some of the Duke's bons mots...