King Charles and William have been slammed as "meddling" by the Head of the Republic Graham Smith after "pretending to be an environmentalist" proposes to build 2,500 homes on 320 acres of agricultural land in medieval market town Faversham.
The King’s plan to build an “ideal town” in Kent has sparked outrage amid accusations of “swallowing up historic villages into one urban mass”.
Speaking on GB News, Smith said: "It's a bit odd to say that this is part of his vision as an environmentalist when he's building on farmland.
"He is building on farmland against the wishes of the people who already live in the area. I should also point out it's no longer him doing it this is William's project and no it's the Duchy of Cornwall's project.
Graham Smith slammed it as "meddling"
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"William took that over when Charles became King, but like his father, he pretends to be an environmentalist. Both of them are incredible hypocrites on the environment.
"They have huge carbon footprint. They fly everywhere by helicopter. And it's all for show. I'm sure that they believe they're sincere, but they seem to think that all these things don't apply to them that they can go on living with their huge carbon footprint lifestyle whilst lecturing everybody else.
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"Even though they have no experience of living in villages and towns and having to go to the post office or the bank, they're going to tell us what the ideal town looked like and plonked on these farmlands right next to your village, which is incredibly arrogant of them.
"This is about the Duchy making a profit the Duchy then doesn't pay corporation tax and all the profit then goes into Williams.
GB News host Eamonn Holmes said: "but he'll create this fantastic living area Graham" to which Smith explained that is a "matter of opinion."
The Sunday Mirror's royal reporter Sarah Robertson hit back at the criticism: "He's not coming in like some mass housing estate like Wimpey Homes or something like that, and just plonking new builds up. That's not what he's doing.
King Charles wants this to be his "legacy"
PA"It's going to be very carefully structured to make sure the town is able to cope with the infrastructure, for the roads, schools.
"He wants to create a new rural community because he's seen what's happening with the population rising and the high levels of immigration coming in. People are complaining and saying they need more housing around the country.
"This is about a long term plan to preserve the environment, yes but also create also create a community.
Eamonn added: "Because the thing is developers come in and they build 2000 houses. And they become car cities, you have to have a car then to get to some industrial estate where the supermarket is miles away.
"What he's doing is incorporating a post office, a bank and it all becomes a community for this."
Robertson continued: "And that's it. That's what he's trying to do. He's so passionate.
"King Charles is so passionate about what's going on with the countryside, in the environment. These are things he's felt strongly about for years.
"Causes that he's taken to his heart for years and he's his legacy, this is part of his legacy of what he wants to leave behind when his reign is over.
"He wants to be seen as this pastoral king who was taking care of the countryside, the environment and the villagers in it. It's something he strongly believes in."