These days a lot of people are dabbling in other than their usual professions, given the economy. If he decides to moonlight, Prince Charles looks like he has a new professional set.
While touring BBC’s studios in Scotland, he tried his hand at being a weatherman — and turned in a world class (if brutally honest) performance:
After [his wife] Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, too had a turn at reading the bulletin, BBC weatherman Stav Danaos said he feared for his job.
“They did a great job and were consummate professionals,” he said.
“The prince even ended with his own pay-off line, which is always good.”
Prince Charles is well known for his interest in climate change and environmental issues.
Quiet a good performance. If he became a weatherman he could eventually become king of the weathermen.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.