After years of being relatively ignored, except when he was involved in some kind of scandal, Prince Charles is making a comeback.

The public can’t seem to get enough of him on his Caribbean tour.

First, we were subjected to pics of him in his swimming trunks. We also got a peek inside the hotel that he stayed in when he visited Grenada.

Now he’s taking cues from his dad, Prince Philip, who famously likes to drive himself around rather than use a chauffeur.

At least he used to drive himself around, before he became a road hazard and was told to stop.

Back to Charles, who ditched the chauffeur and royal convoy in favour of a beautifully restored 66-year-old MG TD which he drove to a classic car show in Cuba.

Here’s The Telegraph with more:

Looking the part in sunglasses and a linen suit, the prince pulled up tentatively and stopped, before helping Camilla, 71, out of the passenger seat.

Charles told onlookers: “The one I was driving is the most beautiful car. It has an incredibly powerful accelerator. It is incredibly close to the brake so you have to be careful you don’t press the wrong one.”

Okay, maybe the apple doesn’t fall that far from the tree. Glad he made it to the show without confusing the accelerator and break or this would have been a very different article.

His wife, elegant in a mint-green Anna Valentine dress and parasol, needed a little help to get out of the low-slung car.  “You try getting out of that elegantly!” she joked.

Turning to look at the range of cars on show, she laughed and said: “I remember most of these cars. Shows how old I am!” As Charles became absorbed in the vehicles on display, his wife joked: “He’s never going to leave, he loves his cars. He’s really rather in his element.

They also met Lazaro William Gonzalez Ruiz (below), who is the head of The British Classic Motorbike Enthusiasts. Apparently, Charles likes motorcycles, too.

He was then handed a Cuban cigar by a fellow classic car owner. The prince, who is said to dislike smoking, resisted the urge to spark it up in celebration but he did sniff the tobacco before handing it on to an aide.

The royal rental used to belong to ‘our man in Havana’ Stanley Fordham, then Britain’s ambassador to Cuba.

Built in 1953, the ambassador is thought to have driven the black convertible in 1957, two years before the Revolution.

Charles apparently practised driving the car around in the streets on Monday.

The future king owns a vintage Aston Martin DB5 Volante, given to him by the Queen as a 21st birthday present, which he has had converted to run on white wine.

The Duke of Cambridge drove his new wife Kate from Buckingham Palace in the car on their wedding day in April 2011.

A car that runs on white wine is the most upper-class thing I’ve ever heard.

Glad he’s having a good time.

[source:telegraph]