"This is literally an off-the-cuff speech": Prince Charles introduces London Collections: Men

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London Collections:Men kicked off in style last evening with a reception hosted by HRH the Prince of Wales at St James' Palace.?Greeted by a row of "living mannequins" dressed by some of Britain's leading menswear designers - including Richard James, Lou Dalton and Oliver Spencer - guests to the royal send-off for London's first ever dedicated menswear weekend included Tom Ford, Tommy Hilfiger, Sir Philip Green, BFC chair Harold Tilman and the chair of its Menswear Committee Dylan Jones.

Mingling with international fashion press and buyers were the London Collections:Men?committee, including Tinie Tempah,?David Walliams and GQ.com car correspondent David Gandy. Our personal highlight? Charles asking Tinie about his Spencer Hart suit...

Deputy Editor Bill Prince joined GQ in 1997 and is responsible for editing the Talk and Travel sections. Over the last 12 months he has written on the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, the Prada Foundation and the rise of the ?hus-been?.

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