clipped from: www.guardian.co.uk Speaking for the first time since the Qatari royal family abandoned his plans to build 552 new homes on the site of Chelsea barracks, Rogers called for a national inquiry into whether the prince has a constitutional right to become involved in matters such as planning applications which have economic, political and social ramifications.
The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, a charity of which Charles is president, has been appointed to help design an alternative scheme at Chelsea Barracks. "Bringing in the foundation, his own boys if you like, is unbelievably questionable," said Rogers. "I absolutely don't think this is acceptable. It is directly self-serving and is unconstitutional."
He added that up to 10,000 people could have worked on the construction site and that the 226 affordable homes, half of the project, may not now be built.