good evening. royal officials have insisted that prince charles remains politically neutral , following a report that he has strongly criticised government plans to send some asylum seekers to rwanda in central africa. an unnamed source told the times newspaper that prince charles has described the policy as appalling and said he was more than disappointed by it. the first flight carrying asylum seekers to rwanda is due to leave on tuesday. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. as prince of wales, his interventions over the years have led to accusations of meddling. charles is now moving ever closer to the throne. so this morning s headlines suggesting he has taken a stand on the highly sensitive political issue of the government s refugee policy are potentially problematic. 10,000 migrants have arrived in britain in small boats so far this year. the prince is said to have described the government plan to send some to rwanda as appalling . charles s comment
charles is now moving ever closer to the throne. so this morning s headlines suggesting he has taken a stand on the highly sensitive political issue of the government s refugee policy are potentially problematic. 10,000 migrants have arrived in britain in small boats so far this year. the prince is said to have described the government plan to send some to rwanda as appalling . charles s comments are said to have been made in private conversations. they have not been denied. the timing of the alleged remarks is particularly sensitive. yesterday the high court refused to grant an injunction barring the first deportations which are due to take place on tuesday. those opposed to the policy applauded the prince s alleged comments. we very much welcome what prince charles seems to have said. this policy is wrong, we believe it is unlawful and is morally indefensible.