Prince Charles' Carbon Footprint

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LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) Britain's Prince Charles disclosed his ''carbon footprint'' for the first time today - and the crusading environmentalist showed it was getting smaller.

The heir to the throne cut carbon emissions by 9 per cent last year, leaving his household responsible for 3,425 tonnes of carbon dioxide output, according to the prince's annual financial accounts.

He installed woodchip boilers at his residences, converted his Jaguar and Land Rover to run entirely on fuel made from used cooking oil and bought regional produce to save food miles, among a host of eco-friendly measures cited in the report.

''More work needs to be done with the household's advisers to identify where further reductions can be achieved,'' it read.