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Published 11/07/2009 by Observer

Charles Windsor needs dissenting voices – and so does Gordon Brown

Neither the PM nor the future king are good at letting people tell them what they don't want to hear The most telling anecdote I encountered this week was tucked away in a newspaper feature about Prince Charles, or president-elect Glücksburg, as republican readers...

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Michael White: Brown needs dissenting voices

Neither the PM nor the future king are good at letting people tell them what they don't want to hearThe most telling anecdote I encountered this week was tucked ... - [11/06/2009 - Guardian.co.uk]

Charles Windsor needs to hear dissenting voices...

Neither the PM nor the future king are good at letting people tell them what they don't want to hearThe most telling anecdote I encountered this week was tucked ... - [11/06/2009 - Politics: Politics blog | guardian.co.uk]

Charles Windsor needs to hear dissenting voices... - [11/06/2009 - Guardian.co.uk]

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...one might think. "Convinced of his opinions, he has a wilful streak, as anyone who has crossed him would testify" he wrote. Quite so...

Charles Windsor needs dissenting voices – and so does Gordon Brown [Observer - 11/07/2009]

...Thus Low: "The story is told of a businessman who, invited to a meeting with the prince, disagreed with one of his proposals. 'The prince, taken aback, said that everyone else consulted had said what a brilliant idea it was. Perhaps, said the businessman, that was because he was the Prince of Wales. The man was never invited back.' Oh dear. I like the sound of this businessman who, I suspect, still goes by the perfectly adequate title of Mr Businessman. But he is precisely the sort of adviser a wise prince would hang on to – one who does not fawn."

Charles Windsor needs dissenting voices – and so does Gordon Brown [Observer - 11/07/2009]

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Charles Windsor needs dissenting voices – and so does Gordon Brown