Why Lord Linley wheels and deals?

Lord Linley in 1990 in Washington, D.C.  Credit: Marlene A. Eilers Koenig

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/interiorsandshopping/9366928/Viscount-Linley-Sure-I-wheel-and-deal-why-not.html

And why not?  He's not a member of the British royal family.  He has every right to do what he does - and what he does he does well!