Britain's media strikes back after Prince Charles' fit of pique with press

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20050401
Author:ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer

ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
04-01-2005
Dateline: LONDON
"A bloody grumpy sod," sneered the Sun tabloid. "His Royal Huffiness," huffed the Daily Mail.

A day after Prince Charles characterized the press pack as "these bloody people" in mumbled comments that were picked up by microphones, British papers aimed poisoned pens at the prince a week before his wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles.

The gaffe at the photo opportunity at a Swiss ski resort didn't make it onto the front pages of all British papers, but none passed up the opportunity to comment on a performance that ...

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