LONDON (AP) 鈥� The Prince of Wales has edited an edition of British African-Caribbean newspaper 鈥淭he Voice鈥� to mark its 40-year anniversary.
Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, said he 鈥渨as so touched鈥� to be asked to edit the edition, which will feature interviews with movie star Idris Elba and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, the campaigning mother of Stephen Lawrence, who was murdered in a racist attack in 1993.
Elba, the Black British actor who starred in 鈥淭he Wire鈥� and several Marvel movies, tells the weekly newspaper, due to be published on Sept. 1, that a grant from Charles鈥� youth charity, The Prince鈥檚 Trust, at age 16 鈥渙pened doors that changed my life.鈥�
Baroness Lawrence will describe a new partnership between the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation and The Prince鈥檚 Foundation, another charity, to provide applied arts scholarships for young people from diverse backgrounds affected by social and economic inequality.
Speaking about the publication, Charles said: 鈥淥ver the last four decades, with all the enormous changes that they have witnessed, Britain鈥檚 only surviving black newspaper has become an institution and a crucial part of the fabric of our society.
鈥淭his is why I was so touched to be invited to edit this special edition.鈥�
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