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From meddlesome, letter-writing royals to irate Belgravia residents, plenty of people were pleased to see Richard Rogers dropped as architect from the Chelsea Barracks scheme last month.rnBut few could have predicted that a couple of scruffy doodles, never meant for publication or even consideration in their rough state, would have been the driving force behind Rogers' eventual removal from the £lbn Qatari Diar development.rnBy now, the background to all of this is well known. In April, the Prince of Wales appealed to the Emir of Qatar, the lead investor, to scrap the modern glass and steel scheme, and consider plans by traditional architect Quinlan Terry. These "plans" were in fact just a series of rough sketches in response to a desperate plea for help from a local resident.