Simon Calder on why royals 'love' high-end ski resorts

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Prince Charles, 72, learned to ski as a teenager with his father Prince Philip. Since then, the winter sport has become a favourite leisure activity of his and one he has passed on to his sons Prince William and Prince Harry.

Of course, being a royal he does not enjoy the type of ski holiday your average traveller might jet off on.

Instead, most frequently he spends his time at the luxurious resort of Kloster in Switzerland.

According to royal experts speaking in Channel 5 documentary The Royals on Holiday, there is one specific reason why Prince Charles opts for this resort.

Travel expert Simon Calder explained: “The royals love high-end skiing resorts because they know they are not going to meet the sort of people who stick a smartphone in their face and demand a selfie.

“Instead they are in refined company with very very high net worth individuals.”

He continued: “For decades he loved going to Klosters which is partly because it is in one of the loveliest parts of The Alps.

“Eastern Switzerland close to the border of Lichtenstein but its also because as well as great skiing it offers great discretion.

“You most certainly are not going to meet package holidaymakers from Britain if you are in Klosters.”

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Along with avoiding normal citizens, skiing also offers the Royal Family an opportunity for a certain level of anonymity.

Camilla Tominey, associate editor of the Daily Telegraph added: “There’s one reason why the royals really enjoy skiing because if they’ve got masks and helmets on them no one can see them and they can go about the slopes larger unbothered.

“Yes, they have to take their bodyguards with them.

“One thing that is interesting over the last few years is you have to have bodyguards who can ski.”

According to journalist and commentator Carole Malone, the Prince of Wales’ presence has even managed to somewhat elevate the resort’s status over the years.

“Prince Charles has been to Klosters so often they have actually named cable cars after him,” she said.

“It is interesting because when he first started to go there yeah it was quite a posh place but it wasn’t that place.

“Now it is really the place to go.”

In fact, in recent years Klosters has even been dubbed “Hollywood on the Rocks”.

“Klosters was once upon a time an ordinary alpine village,” explained Mr Calder.

“Now it is home to some of the best restaurants in Europe and ski chalets where a week’s rental is roughly a normal person’s annual wages.

“It is a place that appeals of course to the Hollywood a-listers.

“People like Renée Zellweger and indeed Bono, I understand, is a fan.”

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