During the interview, as if to prove he has lost none of his instinct for touching on controversial topics, the Prince – who famously attacked modern architecture with his “monstrous carbuncle” speech 30 years ago – criticised current city planning, saying: “It’s the fact that nothing is placed in relation to anything else. Everywhere you go, you find buildings plonked in mad angles to each other, great open spaces, and there’s no rhythm any more, there’s no sense of street.”