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* It isn't all beer and skittles, being the Prince of Wales. Just to rid himself of the day, His Royal Highness depends on a platoon of secretaries, valets, and gentlemen's gentlemen. (One such was recently observed removing the prince's shoes for him in preparation for sitting down to a Bedouin banquet during a recent royal visit to Oman.) These aides are around the royal person all day long, and the nature of their duties prohibits them from much in the way of normal family life. So: HRH is intimately attended at all hours by men who are much more likely than not to be a little ... eccentric. Add to this the growing suspicion that the royal show, or at least Charles's ...