Daily Mail

The perils of being a politicise­d Prince

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JUST days after the nation celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of a Queen who has studiously avoided being drawn into political controvers­y for 70 years, her son and heir blunders into a diplomatic minefield.

As we reveal today, Prince Charles was overheard describing the home secretary’s plan to process cross-Channel migrants’ asylum claims in Rwanda as ‘appalling’.

Quite apart from being insulting and patronisin­g to Rwanda (which he’s due to visit this month), he has taken sides in a viciously polarised debate, amid rumours of tensions with the Prime Minister.

A constituti­onal sovereign cannot also be a political agitator. if the monarchy is to survive his stewardshi­p, he would do well to remember that.

in a rare outbreak of common sense, the high Court firmly disagreed with him yesterday, clearing the first Rwanda flight for take-off next week as planned.

Cue much wailing and gnashing of teeth from the activist charities, trade unionists and human rights lawyers who fought the case – plus Labour, the Lib Dems and the rest of the shrill anti-Brexit establishm­ent.

This is a stunning victory for Priti Patel, who has been outrageous­ly vilified for the sin of trying to break the Calais trafficker­s’ business model and save lives.

her opponents don’t appear to care how many migrants are endangered, as long as they can prevent Britain taking back control of its frontiers. Despite being thwarted this time, they will certainly be back.

Unrestrict­ed immigratio­n is, of course, a long-term Labour policy. But that’s just part of the story.

The wider objective for sir Keir starmer and his fellow Remainers is to drag us back into the orbit of Brussels. No matter that 17.4million people voted to take back control, they are itching to reverse that huge popular mandate. They are aided by the civil service ‘Blob’, which despises Mr Johnson almost as much as they do, a clique of Conservati­ve rebels and the house of Lords.

Unless the Tory party stands united behind its leader against this threat, Brexit will founder and democracy will be betrayed.

And if Charles fails to learn from his mother’s wisdom, the monarchy could ultimately be equally compromise­d.

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