Prince Charles believes Britain is facing a “supersizing epidemic” because of a lack of cycling and walking facilities in the UK’s “unattractive* towns and cities.

Speaking at a conference on urban design and health at St. James’s Palace, his former home, The Prince of Wales said: “We are perhaps not far behind our American cousins in the supersizing epidemic.”

Later a spokesman was asked about the Prince’s own walking and cycling habits. He replied: “It’s not about him. It’s about the nation.”