Architect slams Prince Charles' 'unconstitutional' interventionA leading architect whose plans for a modern building in central London The term Central London refers to the districts of London which are considered closest to the centre. There is no such conventional definition, nor any official one, for the entire area that can be called "central London". were scrapped following criticism from Prince Charles Noun 1. Prince Charles - the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948) Charles slammed the royal's intervention Tuesday as "totally unconstitutional". Lord Richard Rogers For the American composer, see . Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside FRIBA (born 23 July 1933) is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs. , whose work includes the Pompidou Centre Pompidou Centre or Beaubourg Centre French national cultural centre, on the rue Beaubourg in the Marais section of Paris. Its full name, the Georges Pompidou National Art and Cultural Centre, recognizes the president of the Republic under whose administration in Paris and Madrid's Barajas Airport, told the Guardian newspaper that the prince had "singlehandedly destroyed" his project for a major development in the capital. Rogers' glass and steel proposal for the former army barracks bar·rack 1 tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters. n. 1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. in Chelsea, backed by Qatari Diar, the Gulf state's property investment arm, was withdrawn last week. The firm is now planning to submit a new plan later this year. Charles, well known for his conservative views on modern architecture, had reportedly written to Qatari Diar's chairman expressing his opposition to the project and urging him to consider alternatives. "We had hoped that Prince Charles had retreated from his position on modern architecture, but he single-handedly destroyed this project," Rogers said. He told the newspaper: "This sort of situation is totally unconstitutional and should never happen again." Rogers called for a public inquiry into the constitutionality of Charles' intervention, both in architecture and in his others areas of interest, such as medicine, farming and the environment. The heir to the British throne's strong views against modern architecture have caused controversy before, notably when he lambasted plans for a new wing of London's National Gallery as a "monstrous carbuncle In 1984 Charles, Prince of Wales famously described the proposed Sainsbury Wing extension to the National Gallery in London as a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend",[1] " 25 years ago. Charles' spokesman refused to be drawn on the comments, telling the Guardian: "We don't want to get into a debate with Richard Rogers." 
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