The UK’s Prince Charles goes underground

31/01/13 08:16 CET

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The British heir to the throne has gone underground for the first time since 1986. Prince Charles forsook his limousine for the tube in Central London to mark the 150th anniversary of the capital’s much-loved transport network. Lets hope he remembered to “Mind the Gap”.

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