Prince Charles Discovers London Heathrow Security

by Gary Leff

Charles, Prince of Wales, visited London Heathrow today to celebrate 10 years since the inauguration of Terminal 5. He’s pictured with British Airways CEO Alex Cruz in the photo at top right below.

Starship was there as Prince Charles received a guided tour of British Airways’ First Wing. This witness was so exciting that he “forgot to take [his] laptop out of [his] hand luggage, so [Prince Charles] got to witness .. the right-royal swab treatment” at security.

For Prince Charles it was sort of like George H.W. Bush and the somewhat apocryphal supermarket checkout scanner.

At Heathrow Charles was “being told [First Wing security] is the typical airport terminal experience one can expect when one flies commercial” according to the witness.


First Wing Premium Security Exits Directly to Lounge

Of course it could just be that all this premium travel is new to the Royals, since Charles’ son William flies Ryanair and American Airlines coach.

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Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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  1. Prince Charles wouldn’t have had a clue about the indignities of airport security, new-fangled scanners etc. He is a relic of a long passed age.

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