In my earlier blog post, I left out something important. Thanks to Clifford Grammich for pointing it out.

“The prince, 47, says it was an adjustment to go from a life in the navy to being a figurehead for business as special representative for international trade and investment, the role he took on in 2001. His office has reminders of his former life, including paintings of 19th-century naval scenes.

“I was the glamorous one dressed in a uniform who flew his helicopter and I was there to defend, to be an instrument of Her Majesty’s government whenever and wherever they so chose. And I thought it was frightfully glamorous,” he said.

He added, “When you then come out and go into the business world, actually you realize that the real people who are actually making the United Kingdom what it is are the people who are doing business.”