Prince Charles on growing up with Princess Anne: "We grew tomatoes quite unsuccessfully, but we had a lot of fun"

"My sister and I had a small garden at the end of the back of the property. We tried to grow tomatoes and things like that quite unsuccessfully, but it was a lot of fun for us," Prince Charles told host Simon Armitage.

The young prince and princess were offered help by the chief gardener of Queen Elizabeth's London residence, Mr. Nutbeam.
"He was great and helped my sister and me a little bit with the little garden we had," Prince Charles recalled.

Princess Anne was born less than two years after Prince Charles, while Prince Andrew was born almost ten years after Princess Anne, and Prince Edward four years after him.

The love for gardening grew along with Prince Charles, who had been an environmentalist for decades and turned the Queen’s Sandringham estate into a ‘completely organic operation’.

"I think it’s an unbeatable feeling to eat something you’ve grown yourself. That is one of the reasons why I think it is very important to find ways to encourage children to grow vegetables at school," said Prince Charles on a BBC radio show.

The Prince of Wales recently supporter a new environmental charter, called Terra Carta, which aims to ensure that large companies incorporate green initiatives into their future plans.

In the introductory essay of his charter, the five-time royal grandfather states it is a "historic tipping point" in the lives and livelihoods of current and future generations" and today "must be the decisive moment that we make sustainability the growth story of our time while positioning nature as the engine of our economy."

"I don't want to be confronted by my grandchildren and other people's grandchildren saying, 'Why didn't you do something when you could?' Prince Charles said on the radio show.

By: Helen B.