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Frank Barrett visits 'Prince Charlie Land' and finds more than a touch of Disney to it
DO YOU remember when the Prince of Wales fought the Prince of Darkness - and won? It happened six years ago when he somehow got involved in the campaign to stop a Dracula Land theme park being built in the wilds of Romania.See the full content of this document
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Welcome to One's Garden
Poor old Romania is famous for just two things - the excesses of communist dictator Ceausescu and the even bloodier excesses of Count Dracula (aka Vlad the Impaler). Given the worldwide celebrity of Dracula, it made good commercial sense to use his legend as a means of developing the country's tourist business. Plans included an imitation Gothic castle with torture rooms and an 'Eccentric Vampire Fashion House'. Prince Charles resisted it all, not on the gr...
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