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When Prince Charles condemned the “brutal” and “truly terrible” aggression of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, it might have seemed like a senior royal was wading into the kind of geopolitical territory they often try to avoid.
But there is precedent for the words of Queen Elizabeth’s heir, who has been known to speak more freely and controversially on such issues than his mother.
“Prince Charles’s current comments are not surprising,” Toronto-based royal author and historian
