Britain’s latest monarch had an unhappy childhood, a disappointing marriage and a frustrating wait to succeed to the throne. What can his past tell us about his last act?
, having spent almost six months apart from the five-year-old Charles. Grandees lined the deck of the royal yachtto greet the queen. The young Charles tried to jump the queue to reach his mother. “No, not you dear,” she said, batting him away. When it was his turn, she shook his hand.
“I don’t like it much here. I simply dread going to bed as I get hit all night long. I can’t stand being hit on the head by a pillow now” Later, Charles would tell Harry that he had been “persecuted” as a boy. “I remember him murmuring ominously:,” Harry says in “Spare”, his recently published memoir. What kept him going? His teddy bear, which he still hangs on to decades later. “Teddy went everywhere with Pa,” Harry writes. ‘It was a pitiful object, with broken arms and dangly threads, holes patched up here and there…Teddy expressed eloquently, better than Pa ever could, the essential loneliness of his childhood.
Danmark Seneste Nyt, Danmark Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også læse nyheder, der ligner denne, som vi har indsamlet fra andre nyhedskilder.
King Charles III's coronation marked by nature reserves announcementA total of 25 new national nature reserves are expected to be created to mark the coronation.
Læs mere »
These Are the Countries That Could Drop King Charles IIIThe Queen kept the Commonwealth intact. But with King Charles III, calls to drop the monarchy resurface in Caribbean countries
Læs mere »
Coronation bank holiday weather forecast as King Charles III is crownedThe Met Office has predicted whether or not the sun will shine on King Charles III this weekend
Læs mere »
King Charles Coronation: Ant and Dec to attend with the Prince's TrustPrimary school children will be sent wildflower seeds to mark the Coronation, in a further nod to sustainability and the King's love of nature.
Læs mere »
Microscopic monarch names etched on to coronation coinUniversity scientists list King Charles III's Windsor predecessors in tiny writing on a special 50p.
Læs mere »
King Charles: What’s on across Northern Ireland for the coronation?Saturday sees the start of a three-day bank holiday weekend to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III - find out what's going on in your area👑
Læs mere »