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Britain's Prince Charles, wearing a traditional Saudi attire, attends the traditional Saudi dance, known as 'Arda', which was performed during Janadriya culture festival at Der'iya in Riyadh, February 18, 2014. REUTERS/ Fayez Nureldine

The Prince of Wales expressed concerns about the young population in Britain being radicalised at an “alarming” rate. According to Prince Charles, people go to the UK from the outside neglect British values.

Price Charles said that neglecting British values was also a tendency among some who were born in the UK. He considers it as one of the greatest worries. He said that radicalisation was particularly alarming for a country which held its values dear. People who go to the UK, are born there and go to school there are expected to imbibe those values, he said.

Prince Charles also blamed the “crazy content on the Internet that makes some people change their ideologies. He calls it “frightening” that people can be radicalised either by contact with somebody else or via the internet. He also expressed deep concern for the suffering of Christian churches in the Middle East. The heir to the UK throne said that he believed young people got attracted to radicalisation in search of “adventure and excitement at a particular age.”

Prince discussed about The Prince’s Trust and how his charity is working against radicalisation. "What I have been trying to do all these years with the Prince's Trust is to find alternatives for adolescents and people at a young age, for constructive paths for them to channel their enthusiasm, their energy,” the BBC quotes the prince, “that sense of wanting to take risks and adventure and aggression and all these things.” The prince said that people would have to channel their enthusiasm and energy into constructive paths.

Prince Charles is presently in Jordan as a part of his six-day tour of the Middle East. He arrived in Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Saturday night and had a meeting with King Abdullah II on the next day. He visited a refugee camp and then congratulated the people of the country for keeping several Syrian refuges in their country with kindness and hospitality. He also visited the Za'atri camp, a supermarket and a children's centre.

Prince Charles spoke to Radio 2's The Sunday Hour. The program covers the prince’s visit to Armenian, Roman Catholic Chaldean and Syrian Orthodox churches in the UK.

Contact the writer: s.mukhopadhyay@IBTimes.com.au