Britain’s Prince Charles will visit Somerset today (04.02.14).
The 65-year-old royal will meet residents in the village of Muchelney and Langport in Somerset Levels, South West England who have been dealing with the devastating consequences of floods which have affected their homes and businesses.
Charles’ is conducting the visit as patron of the Prince’s Countryside Fund – an organisation which supports rural projects and offers funds during a crisis – and it is hoped his stay will give the locals the chance "to make their views very, very clear".
Sky News’s royal correspondent Paul Harrison said: "They [the flood victims] feel as though their voices aren’t being heard. With Charles here today, that will give them a chance to make their views very, very clear.
"We’ll see him by hook or by crook with the help of a 4×4 and a boat seeing people who’ve been cut off.
"These will be very public moments with people because they will be on camera but what we do know is that Prince Charles will also be doing private visits."
The Prince of Wales’ trip comes after head of the Environment Agency (EA) admitted they hadn’t done as much as they "should have" to deal with the flooding.
Lord Smith told Sky News: "We probably haven’t done as much as we should have done up to now and I regret that – but we’ve had very difficult choices to make."
