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TWO PHOTOS capturing three generations of the Royal family have been released in honour of The Prince of Wales’ 70th birthday. Prince Charles celebrated at a luncheon hosted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace, and reflected on the landmark birthday in a recent edition of Country Life, which he edited. “I have reached the biblical threshold of three score years and 10, with all the scars that go with it,” he wrote. He also revealed a passion for pheasant crumble pie. “I invented a grouse one recently, as well as moussaka with grouse – in other words, groussaka.”