6 JANUARY 1996, page 16

Skiing Against The Trend

Robert Hardman explains why the Prince of Wales keeps going back to that old-fashioned ski resort Klosters UNLIKE MOST millionaires, the Prince of Wales does not own a property......

Mind Your Language

`ANY DIFFERENCE between what Sinn Fein and the IRA say is semantic,' someone said on Radio Four the other day. I just managed to restrain my hus- band from shying the marmalade......