Britain's Prince Charles has confessed he sings to seals

Sep 6, 2005, 6:31 GMT

Britain's Prince Charles has confessed he sings to seals.

The eccentric prince, already well known for talking to plants, described how he, the Queen Mother and his sister Princess Anne would sing to the animals from the clifftops at the Castle of Mey in Caithness.

The castle was his late grandmothers home for many years and the prince recalled how he first sang to the seals there as a child.

Charles, who still spends a week there each summer, told BBC TV programme 'Songs Of Praise': "For years, ever since I was quite small, we used to come in Britannia up the west coast.

"And my grandmother, I've never forgotten, when we were small my sister and I, she used to take us down, stand on the cliff there and we'd sing to the seals. It was absolutely riveting. We'd sing 'Over The Sea To Skye' and it was very interesting, these heads would bob up and they'd start coming closer."

In another revelation, the Charles has admitted enjoying a documentary about his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.

The heir to the throne sent a letter to broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby thanking him for the way he handled the TV admission of his adultery, an event broadcast to 13 million viewers.

Charles said the programme was "beautifully done and tastefully executed."

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