Charles and Camilla Take The Tube

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What's wrong with this picture of two people using the tube in London today?

That's right - they're smiling and relaxed and their faces aren't being forced into other people's armpits. Oh to be a royal.

He may be more accustomed to travelling around the country on the royal train, but today, Prince Charles took the subway in London - the first time he has done so for 34 years, when he opened the Jubilee Line at Green Park station in 1979.

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Charles and Camilla travelled one stop from Farringdon Station to King’s Cross this morning, much to the astonishment of other tube-users, to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground.