Foreign News: Good Old Charlie

Unable to find a candidate to his liking in the London County Council elections last week, one voter wrote his own into the ballot: “Good Old Charlie.”

His candidate, however, both by age (20 weeks) and position (eventual heir to the British throne) was not likely to run for public office. Nevertheless, Prince Charles of Edinburgh was daily in the public mind. Last week, his parents, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, packed young Charles off by motorcar to spend Easter at their new home at Windlesham Moor, 30 miles from London, in Surrey. The trip did not disturb the clocklike daily routine which Charlie’s mother had decreed. Each morning at 6, he awoke for a breakfast of milk and patent cereal. Three other meals and long naps followed in due course under the watchful eye of

Nurse Helen Lightbody before 10 p.m. when little Prince Charlie was tucked in for the night. On fine days, two daily outings in his pram varied the routine, while morning and evening bath time was usually brightened by a visit from his mother. Tipping the beam at a solid 16 Ib. 8 oz., he was a happy and healthy baby, as was evident from a new batch of photographs released to his admiring public (see cut).