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Is it Prince Charles? - SILJA - 12-01-2017 A friend of mine, Ake Jakobsson born 1938 and dead 2003, was a good photographer who was at many races for motorbikes. 1970 he was together with about ten friends from Orebro Sweden, including me , living in the paddock in Isle of Man. The motorbikes, very modern at that time, are a Honda 750cc and my Kawasaki 500 H1 Mach III. Four visitors are ready to go down to town. On my Kawasaki are TT-riders Borje Jansson and behind him Kent Andersson who later was world champion in 125cc. Borje was competing 1970 in the TT and finished 2:nd in the 125 TT. In 250 he finished 8:th. No helmets and Borje without a shirt. On the Honda are Borje's little brother Per and Kent's fiancée Monica in sidesaddle. Per has as well been racing, mostly in endurance racing. Now I have a question. Since I looked at this picture the first time I reacted on the man behind, second from the right. For me he looks very much alike Prince Charles. Am I right, please? RE: Is it Prince Charles? - SILJA - 25-01-2017 Those were the days! Strange that not one person has an opinion so far... RE: Is it Prince Charles? - warrior - 25-01-2017 I don't think Prince Charles was ever a smoker Silja, look closely at the right hand of the person in the photo, he looks like he's got a cigarette on the go. RE: Is it Prince Charles? - SILJA - 27-01-2017 I've had a look on the scanned copy of the original paper picture. I can't see any cigarette. For my eyes the man looks very much as Prince Charles. The original print that is scanned is somewhere in my boxes. I'll try to find it to have a closer look! It is enlarged to about 30 by 40 centimeters. Sorry that this site doesn't allow heavier pictures... RE: Is it Prince Charles? - eman1948 - 27-01-2017 Definitely not Prince Charles and he does have a cigarette in his right hand. Seen this picture somewhere else blown up. RE: Is it Prince Charles? - SILJA - 27-01-2017 Sorry no chance, I believe, that you've seen the picture earlier. I have the oroginal. Never published at internet before I did it January 12th 2017. RE: Is it Prince Charles? - eman1948 - 28-01-2017 Sorry I could have sworn blind I saw it somewhere else ( must be my age) I did and have enlarged the picture and it does look by the way he is holding his hand that he has a cigarette. Obviously it`s not Charlie but a good likeness.