Prince Charles and the Architect of Democracy
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There’s been a bit of media squawking lately about Prince Charles getting involved in the permit process of a building development in London. Apparently His Boringness wrote a letter to the owners of the building development (the Qatar royal family) complaining about the execrable design of the proposed new building and asking them to put a stop to it.
And it seems there’s still honour among royals, because the Qataris agreed and fired architect Richards Rogers – responsible for inflicting the Millennium Dome and Madrid's Terminal 4 (above) upon the world.
To add insult to injury, the Qataris then passed the architectural design job on to Prince Charles' Foundation for the Built Environment, who will hopefully not turn the project into an LSD-flashback-inducing love child of a mutant 70s ashtray and an art installation from the Jeffersons’ new condo.
Charles, whose hatred of modern architecture is only slightly less famous than his love of feminine hygiene products, was principally (did you see what I did there…) upset because in addition to being a monstrosity, the proposed building is going to overshadow the Christopher Wren-designed Royal Chelsea Hospital (pictured below).
In all the media wailing I’ve read about this, no-one has yet mentioned that he has a really good point. Apparently the fact that he was totally right is completely overshadowed by the fact that he wasn’t elected by anybody, because we all know that winning an election means you suddenly start radiating holy light from your bottom and think of nothing but the good works you can do for your constituents.
It certainly seems to be working out that way for all the other elected officials in Britain.
Richard Rogers is now poncing about demanding a public enquiry into the Prince’s actions, and fair enough too. There should always be a tax-payer funded, Daily Mail-fuelled public scandal when some megalomaniacal prat loses a job and starts crying like a little bitch because the world is now going to be deprived of his ground breaking artistry that gives everyone who sees it a wrenching headache and a need to vomit copiously into their hats. That’s what democracy is for.
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