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I have long had conflicting feelings about Charles’s interest in Romania, which dates back to his important work in the late 1980s to publicise the destruction of villages in Transylvania as part of then dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu’s so-called “systemisation” campaign. The English journalist John Sweeney, writing in The Live and Evil Times of Nicolae Ceaușescu – probably the best of the books hurried out by hacks in the aftermath of the dictator’s downfall – credits Charles as being part of the “awkward squad” who brought the horrors of life in communist Romania to interna...

The Prince of Wales has chosen an eclectic selection of titles, from a love letter to Romania to a tome about Napoleon, for the Duchess of Cornwall’s book club. From Monday a book a day will be featured on Camilla’s Reading Room site on Instagram, with an explanation from Charles about why the five are significant to him. He picked Along The Enchanted Way by his friend William Blacker, a writer and architectural conservationist who lives in Romania. The Prince of Wales receives a hug from Valentine Blacker, son of the writer William Blacker (Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA)

The Prince of Wales has chosen an eclectic selection of titles, from a love letter to Romania to a tome about Napoleon, for the Duchess of Cornwall’s book club. From Monday a book a day will be featured on Camilla’s Reading Room site on Instagram, with an explanation from Charles about why the five are significant to him. He picked Along The Enchanted Way by his friend William Blacker, a writer and architectural conservationist who lives in Romania. The Prince of Wales receives a hug from Valentine Blacker, son of the writer William Blacker (Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA)

The Prince of Wales has chosen an eclectic selection of titles, from a love letter to Romania to a tome about Napoleon, for the Duchess of Cornwall’s book club. From Monday a book a day will be featured on Camilla’s Reading Room site on Instagram, with an explanation from Charles about why the five are significant to him. He picked Along The Enchanted Way by his friend William Blacker, a writer and architectural conservationist who lives in Romania. The Prince of Wales receives a hug from Valentine Blacker, son of the writer William Blacker (Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA)

The Prince of Wales has chosen an eclectic selection of titles, from a love letter to Romania to a tome about Napoleon, for the Duchess of Cornwall’s book club. From Monday a book a day will be featured on Camilla’s Reading Room site on Instagram, with an explanation from Charles about why the five are significant to him. He picked Along The Enchanted Way by his friend William Blacker, a writer and architectural conservationist who lives in Romania. The Prince of Wales receives a hug from Valentine Blacker, son of the writer William Blacker (Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA)