<P> From his youth until 1992, Prince Charles was an avid player of competitive polo . He continued to play informally, including for charity, until 2005 . Charles also frequently took part in fox hunting until the sport was banned in the United Kingdom in 2005 . By the late 1990s, opposition to the activity was growing when Charles's participation was viewed as a "political statement" by those who were opposed to it . The League Against Cruel Sports launched an attack against Charles after he took his sons on the Beaufort Hunt in 1999 . At that time, the government was trying to ban hunting with hounds . </P> <P> Charles has been a keen salmon angler since youth and supports Orri Vigfússon's efforts to protect the North Atlantic salmon . He frequently fishes the River Dee in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, while he claims his most special angling memories are from his time in Vopnafjörður, Iceland . Charles is a supporter of Burnley Football Club . </P> <P> Prince Charles is president or patron of more than twenty performing arts organisations, which include the Royal College of Music, the Royal Opera, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Welsh National Opera, and the Purcell School . In 2000, he revived the tradition of appointing harpists to the Royal Court, by appointing an Official Harpist to the Prince of Wales . As an undergraduate at Cambridge he played cello, and has sung with the Bach Choir twice . </P> <P> Charles founded The Prince's Foundation for Children and The Arts in 2002, to help more children experience the arts first - hand . He is president of the Royal Shakespeare Company and attends performances in Stratford - Upon - Avon, supports fundraising events and attends the company's annual general meeting . He enjoys comedy, and is interested in illusionism, becoming a member of The Magic Circle after passing his audition in 1975 by performing the "cups and balls" effect . </P>

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