From an article by Paul MacInnes / guardian.co.uk, Friday 5 June 2009:

Prince Charles is the patron (naturally) of the Red Squirrel Survival Trust, and as such hates those grey bastards with a passion. So much so that rather than simply using his letter to call for action, he’s instead said that all grey squirrels must be killed because they’re foreign. Which may or may not have been an appropriate tone to strike.

“In order to be able to save the red squirrels and ensure their future in this country, it is absolutely crucial to eliminate the greys which, as you know, are an alien species to the UK and threaten the very existence of the reds,” wrote the heir to the throne in the week in which the BNP put forward an unprecedented number of candidates for election…

And this is from The Daily Mail, June 04, 2009:

As you are also no doubt aware, the greys are doing immense and increasing damage to hardwoods all over the country and threaten to compromise all our efforts to restore native woodlands, let alone to create community forests.’

Tree damage caused by squirrels

The prince said there was a ‘great deal of public support’ for control measures.