A Royal kitchen 'for the people': Prince Charles prompts design of eco-friendly cabinets that are kind to the purse and planet

You might imagine that having a 'royal' kitchen would be an unaffordable dream. 
But eco-friendly Prince Charles has prompted the design of a purse and planet-friendly kitchen 'for the people', that is specifically designed not to 'cost the earth.'
The design of the new, lower-priced British Standard range of cupboards came about after Charles, well known for his environmental campaigns, was impressed with the kitchen in the model home built by Plain English for the The Prince's Foundation for Building Community.
A kitchen fit for royalty: Plain English have created eco-friendly kitchen designs 
A kitchen fit for royalty: Plain English have created eco-friendly kitchen designs
The Prince was first impressed with the kitchen design in a model house at the Ideal Home show in 2011
The Prince was first impressed with the kitchen design in a model house at the Ideal Home show in 2011
Charles was shown around the two-story Prince's House at last years Ideal Home show by television property experts and ambassadors for the charity Kirstie Allsopp and George Clarke
Charles was shown around the two-story Prince's House at the Ideal Home show by television property expert Kirstie Allsopp
Prince Charles, who toured the environmentally-friendly model home at the 2011 Ideal Home show, was apparently particularly impressed with the craftsmanship in the kitchen, Remodelista reports.
His remarks led Plain English to consider finding a way to bring the 'green' designs to a mass market.

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The company set about designing a more affordable range of cupboards, which have now gone on sale online.
The British Standard cabinets are built in the same workshop in Suffolk as Plain English's higher priced kitchens. But while Plain English is a bespoke company offering a full design and fitting service, customers must collect and install the British Standard cabinets themselves.
'The British Standard Kitchen' by British Standard Cupboards aims to bring high quality long lasting kitchens that are affordable 
'The British Standard Kitchen' by British Standard Cupboards aims to bring high quality long lasting kitchens that are affordable
The British Standard cabinets are built in the same workshop in Suffolk as Plain English's higher priced kitchens, but customers must collect and install the cabinets themselves.
The British Standard cabinets are built in the same workshop in Suffolk as Plain English's higher priced kitchens, but customers must collect and install the cabinets themselves
Worktops are available in three colours, iroko, oak, or sycamore wood, to give your kitchen an elegant royal makeover, and the range contains floor, tall and wall cabinets, which come in egg shell for you to paint the colour of your choice.
An entire kitchen costs about Ј5,000 while an individual single floor cupboard costs Ј400.
This might not seem particularly cheap, but the kitchen displayed in the original model home or 'Natural House' showcased at the Ideal Home Show in 2011 would have cost around Ј35,000 to have installed.
Katie Fontana, Creative Director of Plain English and British Standard says: 'We wanted to celebrate 20 years of Plain English by taking a lead from His Royal Highness, Prince Charles: going back to basics and making cupboards that ordinary people can afford - 'sensible cupboards at sensible prices'. 
'We are also paying tribute to the British craftsmen of the past whose honest, unfussy but eminently practical designs provided the original inspiration for Plain English all those years ago.'
Inside, the house contained cushions made from old T-shirts and re-upholstered chairs made from recycled linen, as well as vintage furniture
Inside, the house contained cushions made from old T-shirts and re-upholstered chairs made from recycled linen, as well as vintage furniture
Prince's Foundation introduction
It is a re-creation of the 'natural house', a new home design currently being pioneered by the educational charity at the Building Research Establishment in Watford.
The house is a traditionally built low carbon home made from natural materials.
Inside the exhibition hall, Charles was shown around the two-storey Prince's House by television property experts and ambassadors for the charity Kirstie Allsopp and George Clarke.
The Prince appeared particularly taken with the crockery featuring dogs, exclaiming 'I love that', and also the red dinner place mats made from old fire hoses
Inside, the house contained cushions made from old T-shirts and re-upholstered chairs made from recycled linen, as well as vintage furniture.
After their tour, Ms Allsopp spoke about the Prince's interest in the project.
She said: 'He'd seen the blueprint. It was the first time he'd seen it in 3-D as it were, but was very aware of what was going on the whole way through and he'd been to Watford to see the prototype of the house.
'He loved it. What he particularly liked was all the different re-upholstered items and reuse of fabric. He was very impressed by the fact you could take something made for a different purpose and make it domestically useful.'
She added: 'It's what the Prince has been so passionate about for so long and yet it is at the moment enormously fashionable.'  dailymail.