Experimental Blog #67

Comments on "Harmony - A New Way of Looking at Our World" by "HRH The Prince of Wales" with Tony Juniper and Ian Skelly

Throughout this surprising and very educational book the principal author is referred to only as the "Prince of Wales", but on the title page he is "HRH The Prince Of Wales". Presumably, HRH means "His Royal Highness". Only the call number on the spine of this book, 577 CHA, reveals, what everybody knows, that his first name is Charles. These titles and the fact that he seems to have no last name might cause some perplexity for Americans, and, perhaps others as well.
There is an Acknowledgements page, with many acknowledgements of course, and the "Prince of Wales'" fellow authors, Tony Juniper and Ian Skelly, want to thank their wives and children, but the "Prince of Wales" does not do such a "common" thing.

Although there are other monarchies in Europe, is the 'most visible' monarchy of Britain the "last man standing"? Does this distinction between aristocracy, or at least the Royal Family, and "commoners" mean that Britain, and not America, for instance, still leads the world as the model and teacher for the "Global Village" that everybody now lives in, whether they know it or want to or not?
However, that the "Prince of Wales" could write such a comprehensive, well organized and organizing book seems to inspire that there might be some hope for the world in the 21st century after all.