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| Prince Charles to meet Barack Obama in Washington | Prince Charles to meet Barack Obama in Washington |
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| The Prince of Wales is due to meet US President Barack Obama in Washington on the second day of his visit to the US. | The Prince of Wales is due to meet US President Barack Obama in Washington on the second day of his visit to the US. |
| Attending an event on Wednesday to support UK and American troops, Charles praised wounded US service personnel, citing their positive outlook on life and "determination" to succeed. | Attending an event on Wednesday to support UK and American troops, Charles praised wounded US service personnel, citing their positive outlook on life and "determination" to succeed. |
| He also entertained with a few lines from the Pirates of Penzance operetta. | He also entertained with a few lines from the Pirates of Penzance operetta. |
| The prince will also make a keynote speech at a conference on sustainable agriculture at Georgetown University. | The prince will also make a keynote speech at a conference on sustainable agriculture at Georgetown University. |
| On the first day of his two-day official visit, Charles attended a Marshall Scholar alumni reception at the US Supreme Court and visited a city farm. | On the first day of his two-day official visit, Charles attended a Marshall Scholar alumni reception at the US Supreme Court and visited a city farm. |
| He spoke at the event to celebrate the work of the British Forces Fund and America's United Service Organisations - two bodies which organise morale-boosting entertainment for troops on both sides of the Atlantic. | He spoke at the event to celebrate the work of the British Forces Fund and America's United Service Organisations - two bodies which organise morale-boosting entertainment for troops on both sides of the Atlantic. |
| The prince highlighted how both the UK and US owed an "immense debt" to their armed forces who were prepared to risk their lives serving in Afghanistan. | The prince highlighted how both the UK and US owed an "immense debt" to their armed forces who were prepared to risk their lives serving in Afghanistan. |
| "As far as I'm concerned, nothing is too good for our servicemen and servicewomen," he said. | "As far as I'm concerned, nothing is too good for our servicemen and servicewomen," he said. |
| Entertaining the troops | Entertaining the troops |
| Perhaps taking his cue from former M People singer Heather Small, who had sung for the invited guests, the prince told the audience that while at school he took part in a production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta the Pirates of Penzance. | |
| More speaking than singing, he performed a few lines from the song Oh Better Far to Live and Die: "When I sally forth to seek my prey, I help myself in a royal way, I sink a few more ships, it's true, than a well-bred monarch ought to do." | |
| He later met a number of amputee veterans, including Andrew Kinard, 28, a former 1st Lieutenant with the US Marines who lost his legs in a 2006 blast while on a foot patrol in western Iraq. | |
| Now in his second year of a Harvard Law degree, he told of the days after he woke in a US Naval hospital following the explosion: "Over the period of about a week - coming in and out of consciousness, [having] multiple surgeries - I got to the point where I was asking where my legs where, I couldn't see they were gone, my dad had to tell me." | Now in his second year of a Harvard Law degree, he told of the days after he woke in a US Naval hospital following the explosion: "Over the period of about a week - coming in and out of consciousness, [having] multiple surgeries - I got to the point where I was asking where my legs where, I couldn't see they were gone, my dad had to tell me." |
| Dawn Halfaker, a former captain who worked as a military police officer in the US Army, was another who spoke to the prince. | Dawn Halfaker, a former captain who worked as a military police officer in the US Army, was another who spoke to the prince. |
| Speaking about the importance of high-profile individuals recognising veterans, she said: "I think it's fundamental to their role to be able to honour the sacrifices servicemen have made to their country. | |
| "They don't have to say anything or do anything, just the mere fact that you understand that they care is enough." | "They don't have to say anything or do anything, just the mere fact that you understand that they care is enough." |
| A Clarence House spokesman said the prince's two-day trip had three main themes - education, environmental sustainability and co-operation between UK and US forces. | A Clarence House spokesman said the prince's two-day trip had three main themes - education, environmental sustainability and co-operation between UK and US forces. |
| The prince and the president's meeting comes ahead of President Obama's state visit to the UK later this month. | The prince and the president's meeting comes ahead of President Obama's state visit to the UK later this month. |