Charles backs drive to end age bias at work.THE Prince of Wales Prince of Wales switches places with his double, poor boy Tom Canty. [Am. Lit.: The Prince and the Pauper] See : Doubles yesterday backed a drive to beat age discrimination in the workplace. As patron of the charity Age Concern,he attended the launch of its Business Pledge campaign to encourage employers to recruit the over-50s. He told around 20 company managers and directors gathered at a reception in Tower Hill,London, that he had noticed about 15 years ago that workforces were getting younger. He thought this was perhaps a ``rash move'' but now ``the pendulum is beginning to swing back'', he said. ``It seemed to me crazy to lose so much of that knowledge,experience and wisdom represented by the people over 50. ``I'm delighted people are beginning to realise what the dangers have been in this kind of approach.'' CAPTION(S): CROWNING WISH: Prince Charles Noun 1. Prince Charles - the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948) Charles eyes the Imperial State Crown in the Tower of London Tower of London, ancient fortress in London, England, just east of the City and on the north bank of the Thames, covering about 13 acres (5.3 hectares). Now used mainly as a museum, it was a royal residence in the Middle Ages. ; yesterday Picture: JOHNNY GREEN |
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