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Emrys

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4. Prince Charles has piped up:
Sat Jun 11, 2022, 06:42 AM
Jun 2022
Prince Charles criticises ‘appalling’ Rwanda migrant scheme – reports
Source says Prince of Wales was ‘more than disappointed’ with deportation plans

Prince Charles has privately criticised the government’s policy of deporting migrants to Rwanda, calling the practice “appalling”.

The heir to the throne has been heard opposing the policy behind closed doors, a source has told the Times and the Daily Mail.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/10/prince-charles-criticises-appalling-rwanda-scheme-reports


Also reported in a bit more detail and context here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/11/prince-charles-slams-uk-plan-to-send-refugees-to-rwanda-reports

Since Charles is starting to take on a role akin to a regent given his mother's increasing frailty, you can read these "reports" that he's said something in private as a public statement of opposition - by convention, the royals aren't supposed to challenge the government directly, and such reports of private sentiment are a common code (used when the queen "was overheard" expressing concern about the possible result of the Scottish indpendence referendum, for instance).

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