Charles To National Trust: Change HQ Design Or I Quit

“A senior royal aide told the trust and its architects that [Prince Charles] could not accept the design of a proposed £14.5m building in Swindon and said it should be changed or they would face the prospect of his stepping down as its president, according to a source involved in the project at the time. … Clarence House has no minutes of the meeting but said any argument was about the sustainability of the building.”