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The Prince personally wrote at least seven letters<ref name=DC>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcscience.net/?p=89|title=HRH “meddling in politics”|date=12 March 2007|publisher=DC's Improbable Science}}</ref> to the [[Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency]] (MHRA) shortly before they introduced regulations in 2006 allowing "homoeopathic treatment" to "claim efficacy measured by their own methods", a decision that was condemned in an article by Times science correspondent [[Mark Henderson]] and [[Nigel Hawkes]]. The article quoted as its main sources [[Tracey Brown]], director of big pharma-funded lobby group [[Sense About Science]], [[Evan Harris]], the Liberal Democrat science spokesperson, and [[Michael Baum]], a cancer surgeon.<ref>Nigel Hawkes and Mark Henderson, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article624874.ece Doctors attack natural remedy claims], The Times, 1 Sept 2006</ref> | The Prince personally wrote at least seven letters<ref name=DC>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcscience.net/?p=89|title=HRH “meddling in politics”|date=12 March 2007|publisher=DC's Improbable Science}}</ref> to the [[Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency]] (MHRA) shortly before they introduced regulations in 2006 allowing "homoeopathic treatment" to "claim efficacy measured by their own methods", a decision that was condemned in an article by Times science correspondent [[Mark Henderson]] and [[Nigel Hawkes]]. The article quoted as its main sources [[Tracey Brown]], director of big pharma-funded lobby group [[Sense About Science]], [[Evan Harris]], the Liberal Democrat science spokesperson, and [[Michael Baum]], a cancer surgeon.<ref>Nigel Hawkes and Mark Henderson, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article624874.ece Doctors attack natural remedy claims], The Times, 1 Sept 2006</ref> | ||
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| + | In 2009, Prince Charles called for herbalists and acupuncturists to be formally regulated. <ref>Fiona Macrae, "[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232390/Prince-Charles-calls-alternative-medicine-formally-regulated.html#ixzz1G2dQctbY Prince Charles calls for herbal medicine to be formally regulated]" Daily Mail, 1 December 2009 (accessed: 8 March 2011)</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:23, 8 March 2011
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, KG KT GCB OM AK QSO CD SOM GCL PC AdC(P) FRS (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II. In Scotland he is known as The Duke of Rothesay.
Countryside Alliance
- Lent his house to the Countryside Alliance for a cocktail party [1]
Support for alternative medicine
The Prince personally wrote at least seven letters[2] to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) shortly before they introduced regulations in 2006 allowing "homoeopathic treatment" to "claim efficacy measured by their own methods", a decision that was condemned in an article by Times science correspondent Mark Henderson and Nigel Hawkes. The article quoted as its main sources Tracey Brown, director of big pharma-funded lobby group Sense About Science, Evan Harris, the Liberal Democrat science spokesperson, and Michael Baum, a cancer surgeon.[3]
In 2009, Prince Charles called for herbalists and acupuncturists to be formally regulated. [4]
References
- ↑ "Who funds the Countryside Alliance?", CorporateWatch (accessed 8 March 2011)
- ↑ HRH “meddling in politics”. DC's Improbable Science.
- ↑ Nigel Hawkes and Mark Henderson, Doctors attack natural remedy claims, The Times, 1 Sept 2006
- ↑ Fiona Macrae, "Prince Charles calls for herbal medicine to be formally regulated" Daily Mail, 1 December 2009 (accessed: 8 March 2011)
