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Prince Charles holds Press Conference at National Gallery of Art

Holding what Buckingham Palace called his first news conference in "several years", Prince Charles talks to reporters on November 10, 1985 at the National Gallery of Art, while Princess Diana sits watching. The prince defended ancestor King George III, against whom American colonists revolted, saying, "He wasn't quite such the ogre." (UPI Photo/Doug Mills/Files)

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