Having warned world leaders at Cop26 that we're in 'the last chance saloon' to save the world from runaway climate change, Prince Charles could now be called upon to help solve an explosive issue in a usually far more bucolic field.
I hear the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society, of which the heir to the throne is patron, is riven with animosity because of a 'beef' between its two leading figures.
Charles, who has worked hard to promote Aberdeen-Angus cattle, will be dismayed to hear that the society's president, David Ismail, has abruptly quit after locking horns with a fellow cattle farmer.
Laying bare the rift. Ismail declares that he resigned 'because of my inability to work with the chief executive, Barrie Turner'.
I hear the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society, of which the heir to the throne is patron (right), is riven with animosity because of a 'beef' between its two leading figures
When I contact Ismail, who was elected as president only this year, he bullishly refuses to put meat on the bones of the feud.
Speaking from his farm in Perthshire, he does, however, reveal that m'learned friends have now been instructed. He explains that he cannot comment for legal reasons.
Turner also remains schtum, pointing to a terse statement from the society, which says only: 'It is with great regret that the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society announces the resignation of David Ismail as president. We wish him well going forward.'
Charles, who has worked hard to promote Aberdeen-Angus cattle, will be dismayed to hear that the society's president, David Ismail, has abruptly quit after locking horns with a fellow cattle farmer
It's not the first time the society has been involved in controversy. Three years ago, it was rocked by the resignation of several board members and the departure of chief executive Johnny Mackey. It also had to deal with a police investigation into financial matters.
Six months after Turner's appointment in 2018, he claimed: 'The ship is steadying and the waters are calming.' The Queen Mother was credited with making Aberdeen-Angus the top breed it is today after introducing a prize-winning herd to the Castle of Mey, her private castle. She became joint patron of the society with her husband George VI in 1937 and remained as patron until her death in 2002.
Since then, her grandson, Charles, has taken up the mantle: he has a successful herd of his own at Highgrove and brought Aberdeen-Angus beef to the shelves of Sainsbury's in 2019.
Escaping to the country for good, Kate?
A removals lorry has been spotted for two days in a row outside Kate Moss's house in North London suggesting the reformed hedonist is quitting city life
Does this spell the end of an era for London's party scene? A removals lorry has been spotted for two days in a row outside Kate Moss's house in North London suggesting the reformed hedonist is quitting city life.
The supermodel, 47, who has lived for a decade in the house once owned by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, also has a cottage in the Cotswolds, where she spent most of her time during the pandemic with daughter Lila, 19, and boyfriend Count Nikolai von Bismarck, 34.
Removals men were seen carrying a vast number of possessions from Moss's house, including artworks and a large box reading 'Handle with care: clothes and dream catcher'.
'Kate doesn't need to be in London as much, as she doesn't party like she used to,' says a friend. 'She loves her home in the Cotswolds — that's where she can really relax.'
The supermodel, 47, who has lived for a decade in the house once owned by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, also has a cottage in the Cotswolds, where she spent most of her time during the pandemic with daughter Lila, 19, and
