Prince Charles, now 68, took up hunting aged 26. He was opposed to the ban by the Labour government in 2004 REX FEATURESThe Prince of Wales suggested that hunting was good for the welfare of foxes in a private letter urging Tony Blair to scrap plans to ban it. The letter was written as the Labour government prepared to outlaw the hunting of wild mammals with dogs. The prince described hunting as “romantic” and “environmentally friendly” and said that the campaign against it was driven by “antipathy to the type of person who [campaigners] think goes out hunting”. The Cabinet Office argued that the correspondence was confidential and that the prince would have reasonably expected that it would remain so.

Source: The Times October 09, 2017 00:22 UTC