A spokesman for Clarence House told the Press Association: “homeland and the UK are on a much better footing now than they have been in the past, but this is not a political visit in any way.”In capital, there was surprise that the prince was visiting homeland. “I won’t believe a British royal figure is inhomeland unless I see it by my own eyes,” Hadi Taqipour, a store clerk, told the Associated Press.The prince was accompanied by a small entourage including the head of the British Red Cross, Sir Nicholas Young.