Prince Charles aims to reduce royal 'footprint'

Fewer chartered planes, more train trips and a royal Jaguar that runs on cooking oil have helped Prince Charles achieve a carbon-neutral household, an annual review of the prince's accounts said Tuesday.

The annual review by the prince's Clarence House office said Charles cut his annual carbon emissions by 9 per cent, to 3,775 tons, between April 1, 2006 and March 31 of this year. The prince offset those emissions by investing in an agency that promotes tree planting and sustainable energy projects.

The review said the prince's households — the Highgrove estate in western England, where he farms organically, as well as Clarence House in London and Birkhall in Scotland — and the activities of Charles and his wife Camilla were now carbon neutral.

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