NEWS

that Prince Charles is cutting back on some of his charity work may help explain why he has hiked the price of a Burns Night celebration at his Ayrshire pile, Dumfries House, by over 10 per cent, to more than £100. The heir to the throne is staging a glitzy £105-a-head Burns Night — with organic haggis — but the bash is £10 more than last year. A spokesman says the rise is ‘in line with inflation and due to extra entertainment we’ve put on’.