VLADIMIR Putin has compared Prince Charles to Anthea Turner because he is a fragrant, middle-aged woman with no power.

The Russian president thanked the Prince for comparing him to Hitler and said that like Turner, the heir to the throne was every mans idea of the perfect English housewife.

He added: Like Turner he is part of a great British institution, albeit one with far less power and influence than Blue Peter.

And like Turner he had a troubled first marriage with his personal life splattered all over the tabloids, before he found true love.

I just hope Charles and his husband Camilla have a more enduring relationship than Anthea and Grant Bovey.

But most of all when I think of Prince Charles, I think of someone who was born to wear an apron and keep my house clean and tidy.

I sometimes dream of being greeted at the front door by a lovely, demure English woman like Prince Charles, when I come home from my busy job of being a real man with actual power.

President Putin said Prince Charles could take a leaf out of Antheas book and make himself more relevant by appearing in the next series of Dancing on Ice.