Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla begun a series of visits in Scotland by opening an art exhibition yesterday (29.05.07).
The royal couple kicked-off their three-day tour by officially launching the show at the Edinburgh College of Art, where they met with staff and students.
The exhibition - which also features work by students at London’s Prince’s Drawing School - contains photography, painting and jewellery.
Keen artist Charles - who, ever conscious of his carbon footprint, arrived in the city by train - spent over an hour chatting with students featured in the show.
Artist Hannah Murgatroyd said the prince had been impressed with her interior drawing of a Soho bar.
She said: ‘Charles and Camilla liked the lively subject matter. The Prince said it reminded him of Toulouse-Lautrec.’ The princes’ trip to the school marked the historic institution’s centenary year.
Charles’ great grandfather, who went on to become King George V, laid the school’s foundation in 1907. As the royal couple left the college, the prince unveiled a plaque commemorating the visit and marking the college’s 100th anniversary year.
The prince later visited Scotland’s biggest young offenders’ institution in Polmont and chatted to prisoners laying bricks in the workshop.
One of the prisoners, 17-year-old William Frew, who is serving a four-month sentence for theft, said: ‘He was a nice man. It’s good because on the outside you wouldn’t get within two feet of him, but in here you can go and shake his hand.’
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