Prince Charles's 'monstrous carbuncle' speech
1984 · Event
Addressing the Royal Institute of British Architects, Charles damns a proposed National Gallery extension as 'a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend' — and the design is dropped.
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