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Prince Charles Returns To Scene Of Crime

February 1, 2007 at 2:33 PM | 0 Comments

Did Napoleon revisit Waterloo? Do Southerners make pilgrimages to Appomattox? Probably not, which makes it all the stranger that Prince Charles, heir to the English throne, would make a detour on a quick trip Stateside to visit the city of Philadelphia.

His Royal Highness was on this side of the pond to receive a Global Environmental Citizen award from Harvard according to People.com, but he and wife Camilla also visited New York City's Harlem neighborhood and two Philly landmarks, Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, which of course have been written into American history as two of the most sacred sites in the birth of our nation. How did he end up there? Maybe he heard, as savvy travelers know, that both sites are free to the public, including the Independence Hall tour, provided you're willing to wait in line with all the other patriotic Americans.

No word on whether Charles jumped up and down in front of the hall yelling, "It should have been mine! It should have been mine!" before heading to the Academy Ball, a white-tie gala celebrating the 150th anniversary of the U.S.'s oldest functioning grand opera house, the Academy of Music. He and his old lady flew in on a scheduled BA flight, but given the recent kerfuffle over his carbon footprint, a switch to Silverjet couldn't hurt.

[Photo: James Muspratt]

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