Editing Charles III (section)

== Personal interests ==
[[File:Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends CHOGM 2022 (52169710654).jpg|thumb|With [[Boris Johnson]] at the [[2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting]] in [[Kigali]], Rwanda|alt=Charles standing next to Johnson with the flag of the Commonwealth of Nations behind them]]

From young adulthood, Charles encouraged the understanding of [[Indigenous peoples|Indigenous voices]], saying they held crucial messages about preservation of the land, respecting community and shared values, resolving conflict, and recognising and making good on past iniquities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=John |date=26 April 2023 |title=What the reign of King Charles III means for Canada |url=https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/a-new-era |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427054936/https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/a-new-era |archive-date=27 April 2023 |access-date=29 April 2023 |magazine=Canadian Geographic}}</ref> He dovetailed this view with his efforts against climate change,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dulcie |first=Lee |date=20 May 2022 |title=Prince Charles: We must learn from indigenous people on climate change |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61517750 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429165148/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61517750 |archive-date=29 April 2023 |access-date=29 April 2023 |work=BBC News}}</ref> as well as [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada|reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples]] and his charitable work in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 May 2022 |title=Prince Charles commits to 'listening' to Indigenous peoples as Canadian royal tour begins |url=https://globalnews.ca/video/8842597/prince-charles-commits-to-listening-to-indigenous-peoples-as-canadian-royal-tour-begins |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429165149/https://globalnews.ca/video/8842597/prince-charles-commits-to-listening-to-indigenous-peoples-as-canadian-royal-tour-begins |archive-date=29 April 2023 |access-date=29 April 2023 |publisher=Global News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Katawazi |first=Miriam |date=27 June 2017 |title=Prince Charles's charities work to undo past wrongs against Indigenous people through reconciliation |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-150/prince-charles-canada-150-charity-indigenous/article35476084 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429165148/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-150/prince-charles-canada-150-charity-indigenous/article35476084 |archive-date=29 April 2023 |access-date=29 April 2023 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> At [[CHOGM 2022]], Charles, who was representing his mother, raised that reconciliation process as an example for dealing with the history of [[Slavery in Britain#Enslaved Africans|slavery in the British Empire]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brewster |first=Murray |date=24 June 2022 |title=Commonwealth countries could learn from Canada's reconciliation efforts, Prince Charles says |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/commonwealth-indigenous-reconcilliation-1.6500076 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429165149/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/commonwealth-indigenous-reconcilliation-1.6500076 |archive-date=29 April 2023 |access-date=29 April 2023 |work=CBC News}}</ref> for which he expressed his sorrow.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 2022 |title=Prince Charles tells Commonwealth of sorrow over slavery |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61919514 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624033738/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61919514 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |access-date=29 April 2023 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

Letters sent by Charles to government ministers in 2004 and 2005 expressing his concerns over various policy issues{{snd}}the so-called [[black spider memos]]{{snd}}presented potential embarrassment following a challenge by ''The Guardian'' newspaper to release the letters under the [[Freedom of Information Act 2000]]. In March 2015, the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]] decided that Charles's letters must be released.<ref name="Guardian20150326">{{Cite news |last=Evans |first=Rob |date=26 March 2015 |title=Supreme court clears way for release of secret Prince Charles letters |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/26/supreme-court-clears-way-release-secret-prince-charles-letters-black-spider-memos |url-status=live |access-date=26 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327040226/http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/26/supreme-court-clears-way-release-secret-prince-charles-letters-black-spider-memos |archive-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> The [[Cabinet Office]] published the letters in May that year.<ref>{{Cite news|work=The Independent|title=Prince Charles' 'black spider' memos: What are they and what impact will their publication have?|first=Loulla-Mae|last=Eleftheriou-Smith|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-charles-black-spider-memos-what-are-they-and-what-impact-will-their-publication-have-a64441.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910034527/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-charles-black-spider-memos-what-are-they-and-what-impact-will-their-publication-have-a64441.html|date=13 May 2015|archive-date=10 September 2022|access-date=29 May 2024|url-status=live}}; {{Cite news |title=Prince Charles's black spider memos in 60 seconds |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/11603875/Prince-Charless-black-spider-memos-in-60-seconds.html |url-status=dead |access-date=15 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516011756/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/11603875/Prince-Charless-black-spider-memos-in-60-seconds.html |archive-date=16 May 2015}}</ref> The reaction was largely supportive of Charles, with little criticism of him;<ref name="post">{{Cite news |date=14 May 2015 |title=Prince Charles, the toothfish and the toothless 'black spider' letters |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/14/prince-charles-and-the-disappointing-black-spider-letters |url-status=live |access-date=23 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406040518/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/14/prince-charles-and-the-disappointing-black-spider-letters |archive-date=6 April 2018}}</ref> the press variously described the memos as "underwhelming"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spector |first=Dina |date=13 May 2015 |title=There are 3 reasons why Britain might be completely underwhelmed by Prince Charles' black spider memos |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/prince-charles-black-spider-memos-may-be-disappointing-2015-5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423054457/https://www.businessinsider.com/prince-charles-black-spider-memos-may-be-disappointing-2015-5 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |access-date=23 May 2015 |website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref> and "harmless",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Simon |date=13 May 2015 |title=The black spider memos: a royal sigh of woe at a world gone to the dogs |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/13/black-spider-memos-prince-charles |url-status=live |access-date=23 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614172232/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/13/black-spider-memos-prince-charles |archive-date=14 June 2018}}</ref> and concluded that their release had "backfired on those who seek to belittle him".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Andrew |date=13 May 2015 |title=All the 'black spider memos' expose is the passion and dignity of Prince Charles |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/11604099/All-the-black-spider-memos-expose-is-the-passion-and-dignity-of-Prince-Charles.html |url-status=live |access-date=23 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515233332/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/11604099/All-the-black-spider-memos-expose-is-the-passion-and-dignity-of-Prince-Charles.html |archive-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> It was revealed in the same year that Charles had access to confidential Cabinet papers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Booth |first=Robert |date=15 December 2015 |title=Revealed: Prince Charles has received confidential cabinet papers for decades |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/15/revealed-prince-charles-has-received-confidential-cabinet-papers-for-decades |url-status=live |access-date=22 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110031007/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/15/revealed-prince-charles-has-received-confidential-cabinet-papers-for-decades |archive-date=10 January 2017}}</ref>

In October 2020, a letter sent by Charles to the governor-general of Australia, [[Sir John Kerr]], after [[1975 Australian constitutional crisis|Kerr's dismissal]] of Prime Minister [[Gough Whitlam]] in 1975, was released as part of the collection of [[palace letters]] regarding the Australian constitutional crisis.<ref name="Guardian-Oct2020">{{Cite web |last=Boseley |first=Matilda |date=24 October 2020 |title=Prince Charles's letter to John Kerr reportedly endorsing sacking of Whitlam condemned |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/24/prince-charless-letter-to-john-kerr-reportedly-endorsing-sacking-of-whitlam-condemned |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213022243/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/24/prince-charless-letter-to-john-kerr-reportedly-endorsing-sacking-of-whitlam-condemned |archive-date=13 February 2022 |access-date=12 February 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> In the letter, Charles was supportive of Kerr's decision, writing that what Kerr "did last year was right and the courageous thing to do".<ref name=Guardian-Oct2020/>[[File:Scottish party leaders with Prince Charles.jpg|thumb|Meeting with [[Ruth Davidson]] and [[Nicola Sturgeon]] after the [[Kirking of the Scottish Parliament]], May 2016|alt=Charles greeting Davidson, Sturgeon, and other members of the Scottish Parliament]]

''The Times'' reported in June 2022 that Charles had privately described the British government's [[Rwanda asylum plan]] as "appalling" and he feared that it would overshadow the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rwanda that same month.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Dathan |first1=Matt |last2=Low |first2=Valentine |date=10 June 2022 |title=Prince Charles: Flying migrants to Rwanda is 'appalling' |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/prince-charles-flying-migrants-to-rwanda-is-appalling-l6jzklfhm |access-date=11 June 2022 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709030718/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/prince-charles-flying-migrants-to-rwanda-is-appalling-l6jzklfhm |url-status=live|url-access=subscription |postscript=;}} {{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Harry|date=10 June 2022 |title=Prince Charles criticises 'appalling' Rwanda migrant scheme – reports|work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/10/prince-charles-criticises-appalling-rwanda-scheme-reports|access-date=28 May 2024|archive-date=20 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520114336/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/10/prince-charles-criticises-appalling-rwanda-scheme-reports|url-status=live|postscript=;}} {{Cite news|date=11 June 2022 |title=Rwanda deportation plan: Prince Charles 'says policy is appalling' as court rules first asylum seekers can be sent away |url=https://news.sky.com/story/rwanda-deportation-plan-prince-charles-says-policy-is-appalling-as-court-rules-first-asylum-seekers-can-be-sent-away-12631489 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611000307/https://news.sky.com/story/rwanda-deportation-plan-prince-charles-says-policy-is-appalling-as-court-rules-first-asylum-seekers-can-be-sent-away-12631489 |archive-date=11 June 2022 |access-date=11 June 2022 |work=[[Sky News]]}}</ref> It was later claimed that Cabinet ministers had warned Charles to avoid making political comments, as they feared a constitutional crisis could arise if he continued to make such statements once he became king.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Wheeler |first1=Caroline |last2=Shipman |first2=Tim |last3=Nikkah |first3=Roya |date=12 June 2022 |title=Charles won't be Prince Charming if he keeps on meddling, say ministers |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/charles-wont-be-prince-charming-if-he-keeps-on-meddling-say-ministers-bnz0n00bs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702225054/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/charles-wont-be-prince-charming-if-he-keeps-on-meddling-say-ministers-bnz0n00bs |archive-date=2 July 2022 |access-date=3 July 2022 |work=[[The Times]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Coughlan |first=Sean |date=18 June 2022 |title=Prince Charles faces awkward trip after Rwanda row|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61808445|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523025823/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61808445|archive-date=23 May 2023|access-date=28 May 2024 |work=BBC News|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Built environment ===
Charles has openly expressed his views on architecture and [[urban planning]]; he fostered the advancement of [[New Classical architecture]] and asserted that he "care[s] deeply about issues such as the environment, architecture, inner-city renewal, and the quality of life."<ref name="planetizen">{{Cite web |date=13 September 2009 |title=Charles, Prince of Wales |url=http://www.planetizen.com/topthinkers/charles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316103521/http://www.planetizen.com/topthinkers/charles |archive-date=16 March 2012 |access-date=31 March 2012 |publisher=Planetizen}}</ref> In a speech given for the 150th anniversary of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] in May 1984, he described a proposed extension to the [[National Gallery in London]] as a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved friend" and deplored the "glass stumps and concrete towers" of modern architecture.<ref name="RIBA speech">{{Cite web |date=30 May 1984 |title=A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales at the 150th anniversary of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Royal Gala Evening at Hampton Court Palace |url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/speechesandarticles/a_speech_by_hrh_the_prince_of_wales_at_the_150th_anniversary_1876801621.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213205/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/speechesandarticles/a_speech_by_hrh_the_prince_of_wales_at_the_150th_anniversary_1876801621.html |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=17 June 2012 |website=Prince of Wales}}</ref> Charles called for local community involvement in architectural choices and asked, "why has everything got to be vertical, straight, unbending, only at right angles{{snd}}and functional?"<ref name="RIBA speech"/> Charles has "a deep understanding of [[Islamic art]] and [[Islamic architecture|architecture]]" and has been involved in the construction of a building and garden at the [[Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies]], which combine Islamic and Oxford architectural styles.<ref name=princeofwales/>
[[File:Prince Charles 2000.jpg|thumb|upright=1|left|At the newly opened [[At-Bristol]], June 2000|alt=Charles at the science and arts centre and educational charity At-Bristol, now called We the Curious, in 2000]]

In Charles's 1989 book ''[[A Vision of Britain: A Personal View of Architecture|A Vision of Britain]]'', and in speeches and essays, he has been critical of modern architecture, arguing that traditional designs and methods should guide contemporary ones.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Capps |first=Kriston |date=9 September 2022 |title=King Charles III, City Maker |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-09/king-charles-iii-was-once-a-prince-with-a-passion-for-urban-planning |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=Bloomberg |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516070348/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-09/king-charles-iii-was-once-a-prince-with-a-passion-for-urban-planning |url-status=live }}</ref> He has continued to campaign for traditional urbanism, human scale, restoration of historic buildings, and sustainable design<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Prince of Wales Accepts Vincent Scully Prize |work=artdaily.com |url=http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=15419&int_modo=1 |url-status=live |access-date=19 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523221124/http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=15419&int_modo=1 |archive-date=23 May 2013}}</ref> despite criticism in the press.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harper |first=Phineas |date=21 September 2022 |title=King Charles's endless meddling in architectural politics has accomplished nothing |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/21/king-charles-architectural-politics-prince-profit-poundbury-paisley-perspectives |url-status=live |access-date=5 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020104323/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/21/king-charles-architectural-politics-prince-profit-poundbury-paisley-perspectives |archive-date=20 October 2022}}</ref> Two of his charities{{snd}}[[the Prince's Regeneration Trust]] and [[the Prince's Foundation for Building Community]], which were later merged into one charity{{snd}}promote his views. The village of [[Poundbury]] was built on land owned by the [[Duchy of Cornwall]] to a master plan by [[Léon Krier]], under the guidance of Charles and in line with his philosophy.<ref name=planetizen/> In 2013, developments for the suburb of [[Nansledan]] began on the estate of the Duchy of Cornwall with Charles's endorsement.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Graham |first=Hugh |date=30 June 2019 |title=Exclusive: Prince Charles, the new Poundbury and his manifesto to solve the housing crisis |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/exclusive-prince-charles-the-new-poundbury-and-his-manifesto-to-solve-the-housing-crisis-6v57bz09m |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806144113/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/exclusive-prince-charles-the-new-poundbury-and-his-manifesto-to-solve-the-housing-crisis-6v57bz09m |url-status=live }}</ref> Charles helped purchase [[Dumfries House]] and its complete collection of 18th century furnishings in 2007, taking a £20m loan from his charitable trust to contribute toward the £45m cost.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cramb |first=Auslan |date=28 June 2007 |title=Charles saves Dumfries House at 11th hour |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1555879/Charles-saves-Dumfries-House-at-11th-hour.html |url-status=live |access-date=28 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613032918/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1555879/Charles-saves-Dumfries-House-at-11th-hour.html |archive-date=13 June 2008}}</ref> The house and gardens remain property of the Prince's Foundation and serve as a museum and community and skills training centre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foyle |first=Johnathan |date=27 June 2014 |title=Dumfries House: training the unemployed |url=https://www.ft.com/content/8e7fbb8a-f7c9-11e3-90fa-00144feabdc0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213123428/https://www.ft.com/content/8e7fbb8a-f7c9-11e3-90fa-00144feabdc0 |archive-date=13 December 2022 |access-date=4 May 2023 |newspaper=Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 September 2017 |title=Prince Charles to build wellbeing centre at Dumfries House |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/prince-charles-build-wellbeing-centre-dumfries-house-1444993 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007062410/https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/prince-charles-build-wellbeing-centre-dumfries-house-1444993 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |access-date=4 May 2023 |newspaper=The Scotsman}}</ref> This led to the development of [[Knockroon]], called the "Scottish Poundbury".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Freyberg |first=Annabel |date=27 May 2011 |title=Dumfries House: a Sleeping Beauty brought back to life by the Prince of Wales |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/8533968/Dumfries-House-a-Sleeping-Beauty-brought-back-to-life-by-the-Prince-of-Wales.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530002701/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/8533968/Dumfries-House-a-Sleeping-Beauty-brought-back-to-life-by-the-Prince-of-Wales.html |archive-date=30 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marrs |first=Colin |date=16 September 2016 |title=Prince Charles's stalled 'Scottish Poundbury' under scrutiny |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/prince-charless-stalled-scottish-poundbury-under-scrutiny |access-date=4 May 2023 |magazine=Architect's Journal |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206083826/https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/prince-charless-stalled-scottish-poundbury-under-scrutiny |url-status=live }}</ref>

After lamenting in 1996 the unbridled destruction of many of Canada's historic urban cores, Charles offered his assistance to the [[Department of Canadian Heritage]] in creating a trust modelled on Britain's [[National Trust]], a plan that was implemented with the passage of the [[2007 Canadian federal budget|federal budget in 2007]].<ref>{{Cite book |series=Department of Finance |url=http://www.budget.gc.ca/2007/pdf/bp2007e.pdf |title=The Budget Plan 2007: Aspire to a Stronger, Safer, Better Canada |date=19 March 2007 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |page=99 |access-date=1 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612210045/http://www.budget.gc.ca/2007/pdf/bp2007e.pdf |archive-date=12 June 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1999, Charles agreed to the use of his title for the [[Prince of Wales Prize for Municipal Heritage Leadership]], awarded by the [[National Trust for Canada]] to municipal governments that have committed to the conservation of historic places.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heritage Services |url=http://www.heritagecanada.org/eng/services/winners.html#pow |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914170352/http://www.heritagecanada.org/eng/services/winners.html |archive-date=14 September 2008 |access-date=12 October 2008 |publisher=Heritage Canada Foundation}}</ref>

Whilst visiting the US and surveying the damage caused by [[Hurricane Katrina]], Charles received the [[National Building Museum]]'s [[Vincent Scully Prize]] in 2005 for his efforts in regard to architecture; he donated $25,000 of the prize money towards restoring storm-damaged communities.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hales |first=Linda |date=26 October 2005 |title=Prince Charles to Accept Scully Prize at Building Museum |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501514.html |url-status=live |access-date=19 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305002651/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501514.html |archive-date=5 March 2016}}; {{Cite web |title=The Prince of Wales Accepts Vincent Scully Prize |url=http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=15419&int_modo=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523221124/http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=15419&int_modo=1 |archive-date=23 May 2013 |access-date=19 April 2013 |publisher=artdaily.com}}</ref> For his work as patron of New Classical architecture, Charles was awarded the 2012 [[Driehaus Architecture Prize]] from the [[University of Notre Dame]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 February 2012 |title=Prince Charles honored for his architectural patronage |url=https://news.nd.edu/news/prince-charles-honored-for-his-architectural-patronage |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824124603/https://news.nd.edu/news/prince-charles-honored-for-his-architectural-patronage |archive-date=24 August 2020 |access-date=4 October 2017 |publisher=Notre Dame News}}</ref> The [[Worshipful Company of Carpenters]] installed Charles as an Honorary Liveryman "in recognition of his interest in London's architecture."<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.thecarpenterscompany.co.uk/pages/about_us/default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717001302/http://www.thecarpenterscompany.co.uk/pages/about_us/default.aspx |archive-date=17 July 2012 |access-date=17 June 2012 |website=Carpenters' Company website}}</ref>

Charles has occasionally intervened in projects that employ architectural styles such as [[modernism]] and [[Functionalism (architecture)|functionalism]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 May 2009 |title=Prince Charles Faces Opponents, Slams Modern Architecture |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601117&sid=aZWgmQ.WDjtM |access-date=20 June 2009 |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] }}</ref><ref name="ArchCon14">{{Cite web |date=11 May 2009 |title=Architects urge boycott of Prince Charles speech |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30686547 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102172302/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/30686547 |archive-date=2 January 2014 |access-date=20 June 2009 |website=[[NBC News]]}}; {{Cite news |date=12 May 2009 |title=Architects to hear Prince appeal |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8045027.stm |url-status=live |access-date=20 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202111706/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8045027.stm |archive-date=2 December 2010}}</ref> In 2009, Charles wrote to the [[Qatari royal family]]{{snd}}the financier of the redevelopment of the [[Chelsea Barracks]] site{{snd}}labelling [[Lord Rogers]]'s design for the site "unsuitable". Rogers claimed that Charles had also intervened to block his designs for the [[Royal Opera House]] and [[Paternoster Square]].<ref name="ArchCon2">{{Cite news |last=Booth |first=Robert |date=15 June 2009 |title=Prince Charles's meddling in planning 'unconstitutional', says Richard Rogers |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jun/15/prince-charles-richard-rogers-architecture |url-status=live |access-date=20 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224162932/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jun/15/prince-charles-richard-rogers-architecture |archive-date=24 December 2013}}</ref> CPC Group, the project developer, took a case against [[Qatari Diar]] to the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]].<ref name="BBC-CPC group">{{Cite web |date=24 July 2010 |title=Chelsea Barracks developer apologises to Prince Charles |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-10750914 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626081117/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-10750914 |archive-date=26 June 2022 |access-date=26 June 2022 |website=BBC News}}</ref> After the suit was settled, the CPC Group apologised to Charles "for any offence caused{{nbsp}}... during the course of the proceedings".<ref name="BBC-CPC group"/>

=== Natural environment ===
[[File:H.R.H the Prince of Wales addresses the opening of the Paris Climate Change Conference (23128701230).jpg|thumb|Addressing the opening of the [[Paris Climate Change Conference]], November 2015|alt=Charles delivers a speech at a podium with the French and United Nations flags behind him]]

Since the 1970s, Charles has promoted environmental awareness.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 February 2007 |title=Prince Charles honored with HMS's Global Environmental Citizen Award |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/02/prince-charles-honored-with-hmss-global-environmental-citizen-award |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310231535/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/02/prince-charles-honored-with-hmss-global-environmental-citizen-award |archive-date=10 March 2021 |access-date=11 October 2021 |website=[[The Harvard Gazette]]}}</ref> At the age of 21, he delivered his first speech on [[Environmental issues in the United Kingdom|environmental issues]] in his capacity as the chairman of the Welsh Countryside Committee.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Low |first=Valentine |date=19 February 2020 |title=No one is calling my fears over the climate dotty now, says Prince Charles |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/no-one-is-calling-my-fears-over-the-climate-dotty-now-says-prince-charles-kslhjxj7x |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808225104/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/no-one-is-calling-my-fears-over-the-climate-dotty-now-says-prince-charles-kslhjxj7x |archive-date=8 August 2022 |access-date=31 May 2022 |website=The Times}}</ref> An avid gardener, Charles has also emphasised the importance of [[talking to plants]], stating that "I happily talk to the plants and trees, and listen to them. I think it's absolutely crucial".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferran |first=Lee |date=20 September 2010 |title=Prince Charles Eavesdrops on Tourists, Speaks to Plants |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/prince-charles-eavesdrops-tourists-speaks-plants/story?id=11679656 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601013004/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/prince-charles-eavesdrops-tourists-speaks-plants/story?id=11679656 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |access-date=31 May 2022 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref> His interest in gardening began in 1980 when he took over the Highgrove estate.<ref name="Guardian-garden">{{Cite web |last=Vidal |first=John |date=15 May 2002 |title=Charles designs 'healing garden' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/16/monarchy.johnvidal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215204436/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/16/monarchy.johnvidal |archive-date=15 December 2022 |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> His "healing garden", based on sacred geometry and ancient religious symbolism, went on display at the [[Chelsea Flower Show]] in 2002.<ref name="Guardian-garden"/>

Upon moving into Highgrove House, Charles developed an interest in [[organic farming]], which culminated in the 1990 launch of his own organic brand, [[Duchy Originals]],<ref name="duchyoriginals">{{Cite web |title=Our Story |url=http://www.duchyoriginals.com/our_story.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005065906/http://www.duchyoriginals.com/our_story.php |archive-date=5 October 2012 |access-date=22 September 2012 |publisher=Duchyoriginals.com}}</ref> which sells more than 200 different sustainably produced products; the profits (more than £6&nbsp;million by 2010) are donated to the Prince's Charities.<ref name="duchyoriginals"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rainey |first=Sarah |date=12 November 2013 |title=Why Prince Charles's Duchy Originals takes the biscuit |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/10433884/Why-Prince-Charless-Duchy-Originals-takes-the-biscuit.html |url-status=live |access-date=30 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401092056/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/10433884/Why-Prince-Charless-Duchy-Originals-takes-the-biscuit.html |archive-date=1 April 2021}}</ref> Charles became involved with farming and various industries within it, regularly meeting with farmers to discuss their trade. A prominent critic of the practice,<ref>Spandenburg and Moser 2004, p. 32</ref> Charles has also spoken against the use of [[GM crops]], and in a letter to [[Tony Blair]] in 1998, Charles criticised the development of genetically modified foods.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenbaum |first=Martin |date=23 January 2019 |title=Prince Charles warned Tony Blair against GM foods |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46844454 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510230259/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46844454 |archive-date=10 May 2022 |access-date=10 May 2022 |website=BBC News}}</ref>

The Sustainable Markets Initiative{{snd}}a project that encourages putting [[sustainability]] at the centre of all activities{{snd}}was launched by Charles at the [[World Economic Forum]]'s annual meeting in [[Davos]] in January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Myers |first=Joe |date=22 January 2020 |title=This member of the British Royal Family has a vital message if we are to save the planet |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/prince-charles-the-crucial-lesson-we-have-to-learn-from-the-climate-crisis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102060214/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/prince-charles-the-crucial-lesson-we-have-to-learn-from-the-climate-crisis |archive-date=2 November 2021 |access-date=2 November 2021 |website=[[World Economic Forum]]}}</ref> In May of the same year, the initiative and the World Economic Forum initiated the [[Great Reset]] project, a five-point plan concerned with enhancing sustainable economic growth following the global recession caused by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inman |first=Phillip |date=3 June 2020 |title=Pandemic is chance to reset global economy, says Prince Charles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/03/pandemic-is-chance-to-reset-global-economy-says-prince-charles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117152600/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/03/pandemic-is-chance-to-reset-global-economy-says-prince-charles |archive-date=17 November 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
[[File:PoW & DoC visiting the Hackney City Farm 08.jpg|thumb|left|With Camilla visiting [[Hackney City Farm]] in East London, May 2009]]

The holy [[chrism]] oil used at Charles's coronation was vegan, made from oils of olive, sesame, rose, jasmine, cinnamon, neroli, and benzoin, along with amber and orange blossom. His mother's chrism oil contained animal-based oils.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2023 |title=Holy oil to be used to anoint King during Coronation is vegan friendly |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/alice-jerusalem-mother-church-of-england-victoria-b2294169.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328152131/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/alice-jerusalem-mother-church-of-england-victoria-b2294169.html |archive-date=28 March 2023 |access-date=28 March 2023 |website=The Independent (UK)}}</ref>

Charles delivered a speech at the [[2021 G20 Rome summit]], describing [[COP26]] as "the last chance saloon" for preventing climate change and asking for actions that would lead to a green-led, sustainable economy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Peter |date=31 October 2021 |title=Cop26 'literally the last chance saloon' to save planet – Prince Charles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/31/cop26-literally-the-last-chance-saloon-to-save-planet-prince-charles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031120640/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/31/cop26-literally-the-last-chance-saloon-to-save-planet-prince-charles |archive-date=31 October 2021 |access-date=31 October 2021 |website=The Guardian |oclc=60623878}}</ref> In his speech at the opening ceremony for COP26, he repeated his sentiments from the previous year, stating that "a vast military-style campaign" was needed "to marshal the strength of the global private sector" for tackling climate change.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elbaum |first=Rachel |date=1 November 2021 |title=Prince Charles calls for 'warlike footing' in climate fight as world leaders gather |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cop26-prince-charles-warn-world-act-climate-change-rcna4217 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102003601/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cop26-prince-charles-warn-world-act-climate-change-rcna4217 |archive-date=2 November 2021 |access-date=2 November 2021 |website=[[NBC]]}}</ref> In 2022, the media alleged that Liz Truss had advised Charles against attending [[COP27]], to which advice he agreed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2022 |title=King Charles will not attend climate summit on Truss advice |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63105522 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213150741/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63105522 |archive-date=13 December 2022 |access-date=1 October 2022 |website=BBC News}}</ref> Charles delivered the opening speech at [[COP28]], saying among others he prayed "with all my heart that COP28 will be a critical turning point towards genuine transformational action."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Paddison |first1=Laura |title=King Charles says world heading for 'dangerous uncharted territory' at global leaders summit |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/01/climate/king-charles-cop28-uae-investment-unsg-climate-intl/index.html |access-date=19 December 2023 |agency=CNN |date=1 December 2023 |archive-date=19 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219155202/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/01/climate/king-charles-cop28-uae-investment-unsg-climate-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Charles, who is patron of the [[Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership]], introduced the Climate Action Scholarships for students from small island nations in partnership with [[University of Cambridge]], [[University of Toronto]], [[University of Melbourne]], [[McMaster University]], and [[University of Montreal]] in March 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 March 2022 |title=The Prince of Wales launches climate action scholarships for small island nation students |url=https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/prince-wales-launches-climate-action-scholarships-small-island-nation-students |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314122504/https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/prince-wales-launches-climate-action-scholarships-small-island-nation-students |archive-date=14 March 2022 |access-date=1 April 2022 |website=Prince of Wales}}</ref> In 2010 he funded The Prince's Countryside Fund (renamed The Royal Countryside Fund in 2023), a charity which aims for a "confident, robust and sustainable agricultural and rural community".<ref name="Prince">[http://www.princescountrysidefund.org.uk/who-we-are/about-us about-us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517141213/https://www.princescountrysidefund.org.uk/who-we-are/about-us |date=17 May 2021 }} The Prince's Countryside Fund – 26 December 2018</ref>

=== Alternative medicine ===
Charles has controversially championed [[alternative medicine]], including [[homeopathy]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Feder |first=Barnaby J. |date=9 January 1985 |title=More Britons Trying Holistic Medicine |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/09/garden/more-britons-trying-holistic-medicine.html |url-status=live |access-date=12 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601212116/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/09/garden/more-britons-trying-holistic-medicine.html |archive-date=1 June 2013 |oclc=1645522}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> He first publicly expressed his interest in the topic in December 1982, in an address to the [[British Medical Association]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bower |first=Tom |title=The Rebel Prince, The Power, Passion and Defiance of Prince Charles |date=2018 |publisher=William Collins |isbn=978-0-00-829173-0 |location=London |chapter="Chapter 6" |author-link=Tom Bower}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |author=The Prince of Wales |date=December 2012 |title=Integrated health and post modern medicine |journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine |volume=105 |issue=12 |pages=496–498 |doi=10.1258/jrsm.2012.12k095 |pmc=3536513 |pmid=23263785 | issn=0141-0768 }}; {{Cite web |last=Hamilton-Smith |first=Anthony |date=9 April 1990 |title=Medicine: Complementary and Conventional Treatments |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1990-04-09/debates/6296182a-aae3-4b12-af8d-725a4f1f5325/MedicineComplementaryAndConventionaltreatments |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913190402/https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1990-04-09/debates/6296182a-aae3-4b12-af8d-725a4f1f5325/MedicineComplementaryAndConventionaltreatments |archive-date=13 September 2022 |access-date=13 September 2022}}; {{cite web |last=Rainey |first=Sarah |date=12 November 2013 |title=Prince Charles and homeopathy: crank or revolutionary? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/10433939/Prince-Charles-and-homeopathy-crank-or-revolutionary.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214095738/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/10433939/Prince-Charles-and-homeopathy-crank-or-revolutionary.html |archive-date=14 February 2021 |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |quote=}}</ref> This speech was seen as "combative" and "critical" of modern medicine and was met with anger by some medical professionals.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Rawlins |first=Richard |date=March 2013 |title=Response to HRH |journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine |volume=106 |issue=3 |pages=79–80 |doi=10.1177/0141076813478789 |pmc=3595413 |pmid=23481428 |quote=}}; {{Cite book |last=Ernst |first=Edzard |title=Charles, the alternative prince an unauthorised biography |date=2022 |publisher=Imprint Academic |isbn=978-1-78836-070-8}}; {{Cite journal |last=Weissmann |first=Gerald |date=September 2006 |title=Homeopathy: Holmes, Hogwarts, and the Prince of Wales |journal=The FASEB Journal |volume=20 |issue=11 |pages=1755–1758 |doi=10.1096/fj.06-0901ufm |pmid=16940145 |s2cid=9305843 |quote=|doi-access=free }}</ref> Similarly, [[the Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health]] (FIH) attracted opposition from the scientific and medical community over its campaign encouraging [[general practitioner]]s to offer [[Herbal medicine|herbal]] and other alternative treatments to NHS patients.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carr-Brown |first=Jonathon |date=14 August 2005 |title=Charles's 'alternative GP' campaign stirs anger |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/charless-alternative-gp-campaign-stirs-anger-zlq9rbk9ndf |url-status=live |access-date=11 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622192659/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/charless-alternative-gp-campaign-stirs-anger-zlq9rbk9ndf |archive-date=22 June 2018}} {{Subscription required}}</ref><ref name="guardian-coffee-cancer">{{Cite news |last=Revill |first=Jo |date=27 June 2004 |title=Now Charles backs coffee cure for cancer |work=[[The Observer]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/jun/27/themonarchy.medicineandhealth |url-status=live |access-date=19 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927115424/http://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/jun/27/themonarchy.medicineandhealth |archive-date=27 September 2013}}</ref>

In April 2008, ''The Times'' published a letter from [[Edzard Ernst]], professor of [[complementary medicine]] at the [[University of Exeter]], which asked the FIH to recall two guides promoting alternative medicine. That year, Ernst published a book with [[Simon Singh]] called ''[[Trick or Treatment: Alternative Medicine on Trial]]'' and mockingly dedicated to "HRH the Prince of Wales". The last chapter is highly critical of Charles's advocacy of complementary and alternative treatments.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Simon |title=Trick or Treatment: Alternative Medicine on Trial |title-link=Trick or Treatment? |last2=Ernst |first2=Edzard |date=2008 |publisher=[[Bantam Press]] |author-link=Simon Singh |author-link2=Edzard Ernst}}</ref>

Charles's Duchy Originals produced a variety of complementary medicinal products, including a "Detox Tincture" that Ernst denounced as "financially exploiting the vulnerable" and "outright [[quackery]]".<ref name="TelegraphAltMed">{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Tim |date=31 October 2009 |title=Prince Charles lobbies Andy Burnham on complementary medicine for NHS |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/6474595/Prince-Charles-lobbies-Andy-Burnham-on-complementary-medicine-for-NHS.html |url-status=live |access-date=1 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327154332/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/6474595/Prince-Charles-lobbies-Andy-Burnham-on-complementary-medicine-for-NHS.html |archive-date=27 March 2010}}</ref> Charles personally wrote at least seven letters<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colquhoun |first=David |author-link=David Colquhoun |date=12 March 2007 |title=HRH 'meddling in politics' |url=http://www.dcscience.net/?p=89 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115065128/http://www.dcscience.net/?p=89 |archive-date=15 November 2010 |access-date=6 November 2009 |publisher=DC's Improbable Science}}</ref> to the [[Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency]] shortly before it relaxed the rules governing labelling of such herbal products, a move that was widely condemned by scientists and medical bodies.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Hawkes |first1=Nigel |last2=Henderson |first2=Mark |date=1 September 2006 |title=Doctors attack natural remedy claims |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/doctors-attack-natural-remedy-claims-mchf8nkw22j |url-status=live |access-date=22 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622193109/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/doctors-attack-natural-remedy-claims-mchf8nkw22j |archive-date=22 June 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref> It was reported in October 2009 that Charles had lobbied the health secretary, [[Andy Burnham]], regarding greater provision of alternative treatments in the NHS.<ref name=TelegraphAltMed/>

Following accounting irregularities, the FIH announced its closure in April 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |work=FIH |date=30 April 2010 |title=Statement from the Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health |url=http://www.fih.org.uk/media_centre/closure_of_fih.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202063318/http://www.fih.org.uk/media_centre/closure_of_fih.html |archive-date=2 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="GuardianCollege">{{Cite news |last=Sample |first=Ian |date=2 August 2010 |title=College of Medicine born from ashes of Prince Charles's holistic health charity |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/02/prince-charles-college-medicine-holistic-complementary |url-status=live |access-date=24 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803055156/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/02/prince-charles-college-medicine-holistic-complementary |archive-date=3 August 2010 |oclc=60623878}}</ref> The FIH was re-branded and re-launched later in 2010 as [[the College of Medicine]],<ref name=GuardianCollege/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Colquhoun |first=David |author-link=David Colquhoun |date=29 October 2010 |title=Don't be deceived. The new "College of Medicine" is a fraud and delusion |url=http://www.dcscience.net/?p=3632 |url-status=live |access-date=24 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911051401/http://www.dcscience.net/?p=3632 |archive-date=11 September 2012}}; {{Cite journal |last=Hawkes |first=Nigel| url-access=subscription|date=29 October 2010 |title=Prince's foundation metamorphoses into new College of Medicine |url=http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c6126.full |url-status=live |journal=[[British Medical Journal]] |volume=341 |issue=1 |page=6126 |doi=10.1136/bmj.c6126 |issn=0959-8138 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202052820/http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c6126.full |archive-date=2 December 2010 |access-date=17 December 2010 |s2cid=72649598}}</ref> of which Charles became a patron in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 December 2019 |title=HRH The Prince of Wales is announced as College of Medicine Patron |url=https://collegeofmedicine.org.uk/hrh-the-prince-of-wales-is-announced-as-college-of-medicine-patron |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625044939/https://collegeofmedicine.org.uk/hrh-the-prince-of-wales-is-announced-as-college-of-medicine-patron |archive-date=25 June 2022 |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=College of Medicine}}</ref>

=== Sports ===
[[File:2005 chakravarty day teams, Ham Polo Club.jpg|thumb|Charles (at front) at the 2005 Chakravarty Cup Match at Ham Polo Club, June 2005|alt=Charles and others on horseback during a game of polo]]

From his youth until 2005, Charles was an avid player of competitive [[polo]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 2005 |title=Charles decides to retire from polo playing at 57 |url=https://theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/18/monarchy.uknews2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514135234/https://theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/18/monarchy.uknews2 |archive-date=14 May 2023 |access-date=14 May 2023 |website=The Guardian |oclc=60623878}}</ref> Charles also frequently took part in [[fox hunting]] until [[Hunting Act 2004|the sport was banned in the United Kingdom]], also in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Revesz |first=Rachel |date=24 July 2017 |title=Prince Charles secret letters to Tony Blair over fox hunting get information commissioner's green light for publishing |work=The Independent (UK) |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-charles-tony-blair-fox-hunting-letters-published-information-commissioner-public-read-royal-wales-a7856651.html |url-status=live |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421154411/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-charles-tony-blair-fox-hunting-letters-published-information-commissioner-public-read-royal-wales-a7856651.html |archive-date=21 April 2023}}</ref> By the late 1990s, opposition to the activity was growing when Charles's participation was viewed as a "political statement" by those who were opposed to it.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 October 1999 |title=Prince Charles takes sons hunting |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/496138.stm |url-status=live |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726204121/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/496138.stm |archive-date=26 July 2008}}</ref> Charles suffered several polo and hunting-related injuries throughout the years, including a two-inch scar on his left cheek in 1980, a broken arm in 1990, a torn cartilage in his left knee in 1992, a broken rib in 1998, and a fractured shoulder in 2001.<ref name="health-issues"/>

Charles has been a keen salmon angler since youth and supported [[Orri Vigfússon]]'s efforts to protect the North Atlantic salmon. He frequently fishes the [[River Dee, Aberdeenshire|River Dee]] in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and claims his most special angling memories are from his time spent in [[Vopnafjörður]], Iceland.<ref>{{Cite book |title=A Celebration of Salmon Rivers: The World's Finest Atlantic Salmon Rivers |date=2007 |publisher=Stackpole Books |isbn=978-1-873674-27-7 |editor-last=Ashton |editor-first=John B. |page=7 |editor-last2=Latimer |editor-first2=Adrian}}</ref> Charles is a supporter of [[Burnley F.C.]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 February 2012 |title=Prince of Wales supports Burnley football club |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/9085234/Prince-of-Wales-supports-Burnley-football-club.html |url-status=live |access-date=29 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406123947/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/9085234/Prince-of-Wales-supports-Burnley-football-club.html |archive-date=6 April 2012}}</ref>

Apart from hunting, Charles has also participated in target rifle competitions, representing the House of Lords in the Vizianagram Match (Lords vs. Commons) at [[Bisley Camp|Bisley]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://nra.org.uk/who-are-we/history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901113347/https://nra.org.uk/who-are-we/history |archive-date=1 September 2022 |access-date=13 October 2022 |website=National Rifle Association}}</ref> He became President of the British [[National Rifle Association (United Kingdom)|National Rifle Association]] in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Rifle Association |url=https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/patronage/national-rifle-association |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804145526/https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/patronage/national-rifle-association |archive-date=4 August 2020 |access-date=13 October 2022 |website=Prince of Wales}}</ref>

=== Visual, performing, and literary arts ===
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Charles has been involved in performance since his youth, and appeared in [[sketch comedy|sketches]] and [[revue]]s while studying at Cambridge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hallemann |first=Caroline |date=5 November 2019 |title=Vintage Photos of Prince Charles at Cambridge Prove Meghan Markle Isn't the Only Actor in the Royal Family |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/g28690847/prince-charles-cambridge-trinity-college-photos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523030911/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/g28690847/prince-charles-cambridge-trinity-college-photos |archive-date=23 May 2022 |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=Town & Country}}</ref>

[[File:Rsc president prince charles.jpg|thumb|left|upright|At a performance of ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'' at the [[Courtyard Theatre]] in 2007|alt=Charles in a brown coat attending a performance of Henry V in Stratford-upon-Avon]]
Charles is president or patron of more than 20 performing arts organisations, including the [[Royal College of Music]], [[the Royal Opera|Royal Opera]], [[English Chamber Orchestra]], [[Philharmonia Orchestra]], [[Welsh National Opera]], [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] (attending performances in [[Stratford-Upon-Avon]], supporting fundraising events, and attending the company's annual general meeting),<ref name="arts">{{Cite web |title=Performing Arts |url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/interests/performingarts |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621194042/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/interests/performingarts |archive-date=21 June 2012 |access-date=17 June 2012 |publisher=Prince of Wales official website}}</ref> [[British Film Institute]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2018 |title=The Prince of Wales visits the BFI Southbank |url=https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/prince-wales-visits-bfi-southbank |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929021537/https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/prince-wales-visits-bfi-southbank |archive-date=29 September 2021 |access-date=28 September 2021 |publisher=Prince of Wales official website}}</ref> and [[Purcell School]]. In 2000, he revived the tradition of appointing [[Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales|an official harpist to the Prince of Wales]], in order to foster Welsh talent at playing the national instrument of Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TRH continue their annual tour of Wales |url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/news/trh_continue_their_annual_tour_of_wales_820.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119023007/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/news/trh_continue_their_annual_tour_of_wales_820.html |archive-date=19 November 2007 |access-date=19 April 2013 |publisher=Prince of Wales website}}</ref> The role, now referred to as King's Harpist, is currently held by [[Mared Pugh Evans]].<ref name="Pugh-Evans">{{cite web|title=Presenting the King's Harpist: RWCMD grad Mared Pugh-Evans|url=https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/our-stories/presenting-the-kings-harpist-rwcmd-grad-mared-pugh-evans|access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref>

Charles is a keen [[watercolour]]ist, having published books on the subject and exhibited and sold a number of his works to raise money for charity; in 2016, it was estimated that he had sold lithographs of his watercolours for a total of £2&nbsp;million from a shop at his Highgrove House residence. For his 50th birthday, 50 of his watercolours were exhibited at [[Hampton Court Palace]] and, for his 70th birthday, his works were exhibited at the [[National Gallery of Australia]].<ref name="CNN-Watercolours">{{Cite news |last=Holland |first=Oscar |date=12 January 2022 |title=Prince Charles exhibits dozens of his watercolors, saying painting 'refreshes the soul' |work=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/prince-charles-paintings-watercolors/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112195916/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/prince-charles-paintings-watercolors/index.html |archive-date=12 January 2022}}</ref> In 2001, 20 [[lithographs]] of his watercolour paintings illustrating his country estates were exhibited at the [[Florence Biennale|Florence International Biennale of Contemporary Art]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 December 2001 |title=Prince Charles wins art award |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1701844.stm |url-status=live |access-date=22 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928071947/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1701844.stm |archive-date=28 September 2013}}</ref> and 79 of his paintings were put on display in London in 2022. To mark the 25th anniversary of his investiture as Prince of Wales in 1994, the [[Royal Mail]] issued a series of postage stamps that featured his paintings.<ref name=CNN-Watercolours/> Charles is Honorary President of the [[Royal Academy]] of Arts Development Trust<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Royal Academy Development Trust |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academy-trust |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321092725/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/royal-academy-trust |archive-date=21 March 2019 |access-date=25 January 2019 |website=[[Royal Academy]]}}</ref> and, in 2015, 2022, and 2023, commissioned paintings of 12 D-Day veterans, seven [[Holocaust]] survivors, and ten members of the [[Windrush generation]], respectively, which went on display at the Queen's Gallery in Buckingham Palace.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2015 |title=D-Day portraits commissioned by Prince Charles go on display |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33033550 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122205114/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33033550 |archive-date=22 November 2022 |access-date=22 November 2022 |website=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Coughlan |first=Sean |date=10 January 2022 |title=Prince Charles commissions Holocaust survivor portraits |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59957260 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111224834/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59957260 |archive-date=11 January 2022 |access-date=11 January 2022 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2023 |title=The King commissions 'Windrush: Portraits of a Pioneering Generation' |url=https://www.royal.uk/news-and-activity/2023-06-06/the-king-commissions-windrush-portraits-of-a-pioneering-generation |access-date=6 June 2023 |website=The Royal Family |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606113736/https://www.royal.uk/news-and-activity/2023-06-06/the-king-commissions-windrush-portraits-of-a-pioneering-generation |url-status=live }}</ref>

Charles is the author of several books and has contributed a [[foreword]] or [[preface]] to numerous books by others. He has also been featured in a variety of documentary films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HRH the Prince of Wales : A Vision of Britain |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/418089 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910053540/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/418089 |archive-date=10 September 2011 |access-date=1 May 2012 |publisher=BFI}}; {{cite web |title=Harmony Movie Website |url=http://www.theharmonymovie.com/aboutfilm.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501213358/http://www.theharmonymovie.com/aboutfilm.php |archive-date=1 May 2012 |access-date=1 May 2012 |publisher=The Harmony Movie}}; {{Cite AV media |title=The Prince and the Composer |publisher=BBC Four |date=1 May 2012}}; {{cite web |title=Modern TV: The Princes Welsh Village |url=http://www.moderntv.co.uk/index.php/productions/the-princes-welsh-village |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014041/http://www.moderntv.co.uk/index.php/productions/the-princes-welsh-village |archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref>

=== Religion and philosophy ===
Shortly after his accession to the throne, Charles publicly described himself as "a committed [[Anglican]] Christian";<ref name="Davies16Sep22">{{Cite news |last=Davies |first=Caroline |date=16 September 2022 |title=King tells faith leaders he has personal 'duty to protect diversity of our country' |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/16/king-tells-faith-leaders-he-has-personal-duty-to-protect-diversity-of-our-country |url-status=live |access-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115062151/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/16/king-tells-faith-leaders-he-has-personal-duty-to-protect-diversity-of-our-country |archive-date=15 January 2023}}.</ref> at age 16, during Easter 1965, he had been [[confirmed]] into the [[Anglican Communion]] by Archbishop of Canterbury [[Michael Ramsey]] in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.{{sfn|Holden |pp=141–142|1979}} The King is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Queen, the Church and other faiths |url=https://www.royal.uk/queens-relationship-churches-england-and-scotland-and-other-faiths |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810162529/https://www.royal.uk/queens-relationship-churches-england-and-scotland-and-other-faiths |archive-date=10 August 2022 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=Official website of the British monarchy}}</ref> and a member of the [[Church of Scotland]]; he swore an oath to uphold that church immediately after he was proclaimed king.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=King Charles vows to protect the security of the Church of Scotland |date=10 September 2022 |publisher=The Church of Scotland |url=https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/articles/king-charles-vows-to-protect-the-security-of-the-church-of-scotland |access-date=14 September 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914074809/https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/articles/king-charles-vows-to-protect-the-security-of-the-church-of-scotland |archive-date=14 September 2022}}</ref> He attends services at various Anglican churches close to Highgrove<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 February 2005 |title=Prince and Camilla attend church |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/4262155.stm |url-status=live |access-date=25 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804192306/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/4262155.stm |archive-date=4 August 2017}}</ref> and attends the Church of Scotland's [[Crathie Kirk]] with the rest of the royal family when staying at Balmoral Castle.
[[File:Otec Jaroslav a JKV Charles.jpg|thumb|left|With [[Czech Orthodox]] priest {{ill|Jaroslav Šuvarský|cs}} in [[Prague]], Czech Republic, March 2010|alt=Charles conversing with Jaroslav Šuvarský]]

[[Laurens van der Post]] became a friend of Charles in 1977; he was dubbed Charles's "spiritual guru" and was godfather to Prince William.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garner |first=Clare |date=17 December 1996 |title=Prince's guru dies aged 90 |work=The Independent (UK) |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/princes-guru-dies-aged-90-1314900.html |url-status=live |access-date=31 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220174006/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/princes-guru-dies-aged-90-1314900.html |archive-date=20 December 2012}}</ref> From van der Post, Charles developed a focus on philosophy and an interest in other religions.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 December 1996 |title=S African author Laurens van der Post dies in London |publisher=Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/s-african-author-laurens-van-der-post-dies-in-london-1.116819 |url-status=live |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308220846/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/s-african-author-laurens-van-der-post-dies-in-london-1.116819 |archive-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> Charles expressed his philosophical views in his 2010 book, ''[[Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 January 2012 |title=Review: In Harmony with a Philosopher King |publisher=Wessex School Of Philosophy |first1=Raymond |last1=Payne |url=http://www.philosophyinwessex.org/in-harmony-with-a-philosophy-king |url-status=dead |access-date=30 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808035942/http://www.philosophyinwessex.org/in-harmony-with-a-philosophy-king |archive-date=8 August 2014 |postscript=; }} {{Cite news |date=29 March 2013 |title=It's time for harmony between science and spirituality |publisher=Positive News |first1=Paul |last1=Fletcher |url=http://positivenews.org.uk/2013/wellbeing/spirit/11760/its-time-harmony-science-spirituality |url-status=dead |access-date=30 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808033717/http://positivenews.org.uk/2013/wellbeing/spirit/11760/its-time-harmony-science-spirituality |archive-date=8 August 2014 |postscript=; }} {{Cite news |date=6 December 2010 |title=Books of the Year – Harmony and Farundell |website=Philip Carr-Gomm |url=https://philipcarr-gomm.com/books-of-the-year-harmony-and-farundell/ |access-date=30 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200924011005/https://philipcarr-gomm.com/books-of-the-year-harmony-and-farundell/ |archive-date= 24 September 2020 }}<!--Old link was https://archive.today/20140805160225/http://philipcarrgomm.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/books-of-the-year-harmony-and-farundell--></ref> which won a Nautilus Book Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2011 Nautilus Awards Gold Winners |url=http://www.nautilusbookawards.com/2011_GOLD_Winners.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219163149/http://nautilusbookawards.com/2011_GOLD_Winners.html |archive-date=19 December 2011 |access-date=11 May 2013 |publisher=Nautilus Book Awards}}</ref> He has also visited [[Eastern Orthodox]] monasteries on [[Mount Athos]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Helena |date=12 May 2004 |title=Has Prince Charles found his true spiritual home on a Greek rock? |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,3604,1214522,00.html |url-status=live |access-date=25 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401092057/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/may/12/monarchy.helenasmith |archive-date=1 April 2021 |issn=1756-3224 |oclc=60623878}}</ref> in Romania,<ref name="ref1">{{Cite web |date=13 May 2003 |title=Prinţul Charles, fermier de Fălticeni |trans-title=Prince Charles, farm owner in Fălticeni |url=http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/printul-charles-fermier-de-falticeni-616319.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105061103/http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/printul-charles-fermier-de-falticeni-616319.html |archive-date=5 November 2013 |website=[[Evenimentul Zilei]] |language=ro}}</ref> and in Serbia,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Princ Čarls u manastiru Kovilj |trans-title=Prince Charles in the Kovilj monastery |url=https://www.ekspres.net/drustvo/princ-carls-u-manastiru-kovilj |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926035631/https://www.ekspres.net/drustvo/princ-carls-u-manastiru-kovilj |archive-date=26 September 2017 |access-date=9 September 2022 |website=Ekspres.net |language=sr-Latn}}</ref> and met with Eastern Church leaders in Jerusalem in 2020, during a visit that culminated in an ecumenical service in the [[Church of the Nativity]] in Bethlehem and a walk through the city accompanied by Christian and Muslim dignitaries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 January 2020 |title=Prince Charles wishes Palestinians 'freedom, justice and equality' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/24/prince-charles-wishes-palestinians-freedom-justice-and-equality-west-bank |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326161121/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/24/prince-charles-wishes-palestinians-freedom-justice-and-equality-west-bank |archive-date=26 March 2020 |access-date=27 March 2020 |newspaper=The Guardian}} {{cite web |date=24 January 2020 |title=Charles arrives in Bethlehem during historic Palestinian visit |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2020-01-24/charles-arrives-in-bethlehem-during-historic-palestinian-visit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327044648/https://www.itv.com/news/2020-01-24/charles-arrives-in-bethlehem-during-historic-palestinian-visit |archive-date=27 March 2020 |access-date=27 March 2020 |publisher=ITV News}}</ref> Charles also attended the consecration of Britain's first [[Syriac Orthodox]] cathedral, [[St Thomas Cathedral, Acton]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 November 2016 |title=Britain's first Syriac Orthodox Cathedral consecrated |url=https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2016/11/britains-first-syriac-orthodox-cathedral-consecrated.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126162550/https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2016/11/britains-first-syriac-orthodox-cathedral-consecrated.aspx |archive-date=26 November 2016 |access-date=9 April 2021 |website=Anglican Communion News Service}}</ref> Charles is patron of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies at the [[University of Oxford]] and attended the inauguration of the [[Markfield Institute of Higher Education]], which is dedicated to Islamic studies in a multicultural context.<ref name="princeofwales">{{Cite web |date=9 February 2005 |title=HRH visits the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies new building |url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/news/hrh_visits_the_oxford_centre_for_islamic_studies_new_buildin_566.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070619191733/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/news/hrh_visits_the_oxford_centre_for_islamic_studies_new_buildin_566.html |archive-date=19 June 2007 |access-date=15 December 2008 |publisher=The Prince of Wales}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About OCIS |url=http://www.oxcis.ac.uk/about.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028192204/http://www.oxcis.ac.uk/about.html |archive-date=28 October 2007 |publisher=[[Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies]]}} {{cite web |publisher=MarkfieldInstitute |title=Introduction to MIHE |date=29 January 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIZHXhVfBEs&t=51s |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308163533/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIZHXhVfBEs&t=51s |access-date=29 April 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In his 1994 documentary with Dimbleby, Charles said that, when king, he wished to be seen as a "defender of faith", rather than the British monarch's traditional title of ''[[Defender of the Faith]]'', "preferr[ing] to embrace all religious traditions and 'the pattern of the divine, which I think is in all of us.{{'"}}<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kevin |last2=Boorstein |first2=Michelle |date=13 September 2022 |title=King Charles III may bring new approach to 'Defender of the Faith' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/13/king-charles-religion-faith |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913152120/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/13/king-charles-religion-faith |archive-date=13 September 2022}}</ref> This attracted controversy at the time, as well as speculation that the [[Coronation oath of the British monarch|coronation oath]] might be altered.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=9 September 2022 |title=King Charles to be Defender of the Faith but also a defender of faiths |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/09/king-charles-to-be-defender-of-the-faith-but-also-a-defender-of-faiths |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912175237/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/09/king-charles-to-be-defender-of-the-faith-but-also-a-defender-of-faiths |archive-date=12 September 2022 |issn=1756-3224 |oclc=60623878}}</ref> He stated in 2015 that he would retain the title of ''Defender of the Faith'', whilst "ensuring that other people's faiths can also be practised", which he sees as a duty of the Church of England.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Charles vows to keep "Defender of the Faith" title as King |publisher=secularism.org.uk |url=http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2015/02/charles-vows-to-keep-defender-of-the-faith-title-as-king |url-status=live |access-date=24 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715203555/http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2015/02/charles-vows-to-keep-defender-of-the-faith-title-as-king |archive-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> Charles reaffirmed this theme shortly after his accession and declared that his duties as sovereign included "the duty to protect the diversity of our country, including by protecting the space for faith itself and its practice through the religions, cultures, traditions, and beliefs to which our hearts and minds direct us as individuals."<ref name="Davies16Sep22" /> Although the text of the coronation oath was not altered, because the process of passing new legislation through Parliament would be lengthy and liable to raise divisive issues, a [[preamble]] spoken by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] was added to the text:<ref>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Charles |date=8 May 2023 |title=The service deftly proved the King's power to unite 'neighbours in faith' |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/features/20230508/textview |work=The Daily Telegraph – Coronation Special |location=London |pages=6–7}}</ref>
{{blockquote|Your Majesty, the Church established by law, whose settlement you will swear to maintain, is committed to the true profession of the Gospel, and, in so doing, will seek to foster an environment in which people of all faiths and beliefs may live freely.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-kings-coronation-oath-an-explainer-for-catholics/ |title=The King's coronation oath: an explainer for Catholics |last=McDonagh |first=Melanie |date=2 May 2023 |website=catholicherald.co.uk |publisher= Catholic Herald |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref>}}

His inclusive, multi-faith approach and his own Christian beliefs were expressed in his first [[Christmas message]] as king. In line with his multi-faith approach, Charles has served as a patron of the [[Council of Christians and Jews]] and of the [[Jewish Museum London]].<ref name="Jewish-Museum">{{Cite web |last=Prinsley |first=Jane |title=King Charles renews patronage of Jewish Museum London |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/king-charles-renews-patronage-of-jewish-museum-london-ugwzyewt |access-date=7 January 2025 |website=thejc.com |date=18 June 2024 |quote=Originally appointed patron of the museum in 2008, the King's renewed patronage is a "huge vote of confidence in reiterating the importance of the Jewish Museum London," a spokesperson for the museum said.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2024 |title=HM The King to be Patron of the Council of Christians and Jews |url=https://www.cbcew.org.uk/king-charles-iii-patron-of-ccj/ |access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Catholic Bishops' Conference |archive-date=7 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250107121835/https://www.cbcew.org.uk/king-charles-iii-patron-of-ccj/ |url-status=live }}</ref>