And on the pipes ...PRINCE CHARLES Noun 1. Prince Charles - the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948) Charles (left) delighted the locals by trying his hand at an ancient blowpipe blowpipe /blow·pipe/ (blo´pip) a tube through which a current of air is forced upon a flame to concentrate and intensify the heat. musical instrument during a visit to the Slovak capital of Bratislava yesterday. Accepting the metre-long fujara from 82-year-old forester Jan Mikuska, who had carved it from sycamore sycamore: see plane tree. sycamore Any of several distinct trees called by the same name though in different genera and families. In the U.S. the term refers to the American plane tree or buttonwood (Platanus occidentalis), a hardy street tree. maple especially for him, the Prince immediately set about learning to play it. "My fingers are not big enough," he said, before taking a deep breath and producing a long hollow note. He promised to practise his new instrument back in Britain. The prince, who is on a three-nation tour of central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. In addition, Northern, Southern and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe. , will today meet women and child victims of violence at a refuge set up to help them. |
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