Prince quits as patron in book row

摘要

Prince Charles resigned as patron of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings after a disagreement over how to restore old buildings, it has emerged.rnThe prince was asked to write a foreword to The Old House Handbook, a guide to caring and repairing by Roger Hunt and Marianne Suhr, published recently in association with Spab.rnHowever, in his foreword, the prince argued old houses should always be restored in their originalrnstyle, an opinion out of step with that of Spab, which supports using high-quality modern design.