Prince Charles

Step aside King Charles III...

For whom exactly?

William needs a period of being heir apparent before becoming King. He has nowhere near the experience or dedication of his father. So far he's been coasting.

I doubt any future monarch can be described at 'streetwise'. The potential difficulties of life in an urban environment is something they will never have to deal with.

Aepgirl, no she wasn't kind to their wives and children but she isn't going to be a Head of State and Head of Church. Charles may not have gone into the marriage believing things would end up the way they did but knowing what his role was in life, he should have acted accordingly. He didn't and his bad judgement, if not cruel behaviour, surely doesn't make him a good leader or icon for the country.

Lancslass1, William and Harry were not settled enough in their own minds to take on a senior royal role full time until about a couple of years ago, let alone be King! And now William is settled and mature, I am sure he'd like some time for his kids to grow up a bit before having to put the country ahead of everything else, like we expect from our monarch

NO I did not watch this, nor have I absorbed the onslaught of media lately. Am I the only one who thinks we are being hard-sold Princess Charles/“Queen” Camilla? It’s what he wants, and it’s what he’ll get. Unfortunately the time is drawing near when he will become King and once the royal wheels are set in motion......! let’s just miss a generation I say. Diana may have been a “fragile” person but IMO she was naive and didn’t realise until it was too late to get out. Her two sons are far more appropriate/real-life skilled and hopefully more streetwise than their father ever will be. Step aside King Charles III......

Neither was Diana kind to other people - what about the wives of the men she had affairs with, and the interview she gave on TV without a thought for her two sons at boarding school bearing the brunt of all the fallout.

We live in a very rural, farming area - it includes a Duchy Estate farm. Farming friends of ours would roar with laughter at the idea of Charles being a farmer . Many farmers locally are struggling / having to diversify etc. Charles sells his produce to Waitrose .

His gnarled arthritic hands are surely the result of many years of hand-writing letters about ‘carbuncle eyesores’ of buildings - and the fact that he is 70!

The only thing really which made me warm to Prince Charles..
youtu.be/bHQ21Z3Bb1s

I have followed Charles' life very interestedly becos SIXTY years ago a "clairvoyant" friend told me that Charles would never be king as it's not in his astrological chart. So I'm still wondering how things will turn out.

I haven't watched all the programme yet but it was interesting. However I'm sure it was a PR exercise and they (the royals) were all careful to say the right thing.

When Charles met his parents with his granny , aunt, dignitaries in public on a London railway station, big difference to Charles and Diana greeting their children on a private yacht

I think the Queen said that she would serve her Country to the end of her life which she would still be doing if she were to have abdicated.
After all she is now handing a lot of the work over to Charles so in a way he is doing the work of the Monach without the title.
I think a lot of people -me included -have mellowed in the way they now feel about Camilla.
I felt very sorry for Prince Charles when a little boy of about two or three years of age.
He was waiting with the Queen Mother at. Railway Station ready to greet the Queen as she stepped off the Royal Train after a visit abroad .
Her first 'duty' was to shake the hand of some personage.
Little Charles was left until later.
Do you remember how Diana rushed to greet her boys after a trip away?
Thank goodness times have changed.

I can never forgive Charles for brazenly committing adultery with Camilla. Quite frankly, it is humiliating for a child when a parent is openly behaving so badly and everyone is talking about it. I’ve been there and I can tell you it is just awful and I didn’t even have to live through press speculation.
Furthermore, this man will be the head of the Church of England. He is not fit for purpose, it’s like employing George Best to head Alcoholics Anonymous.
I know Diana wasn’t a saint but she was barely an adult and he was a middle aged man who should have known better. In the ordinary walk of life he would have probably been labelled as abusive. I think if it wasn’t for the wonderful work of the Queen, the monarchy would have been dead in the water with his behaviour.

Anniebach Quote .Charles has done a good job in guiding William and Harry over the last 21years and not restricting them to live as previous generations have and avoid the life he lived.?
Didn't Charles get what he wanted and what a price was paid.But should he be given praise for which was a duty to his two motherless children.

Give the bloke a fair crack of the whip. ??

I like Prince Charles and Camilla. Was never a Diana fan, but having said that, that marriage was a disaster from day one which was a tragedy for both of them. The Queen made a promise when becoming queen, that she would remain in post for the rest of her life, be it short or long, so nothing to do with P.C's suitability!!
Have just watched the remembrance service, and it never fails to move me deeply! The royal family are splendid, God forbid we have a President (Tony Blair!!!) for head of state!! Give me the senior royals with their sense of duty any day!

I may be alone in this view but I think that our Queen should have "retired" at the age of 65 like the Dutch Queen.
Had she done so and Prince Charles had done the same we would have had King William on the throne now which is what a lot of people would have liked.
The Queen would have been a well loved Queen mother and then Queen Grandmother.
She could have picked and chosen the events she wanted to attend.

I thought the programme was good and Charles came over well.
I was always in the Diana camp but none of us knows what really went on
They should never have married in the first place.
I blame their "advisors".

My mums whole body was riddled with arthritis, but she wasn't a farmer.

batty, he doesn’t get up at 6.00am every morning to milk the cows but he has a farm, does hedging, haveresting , be difficult to do these in London

Did you notice his hands? They are not those of a man sitting at a comfortable desk all day, they are gnarled with arthritis from serious outdoor farm work.

Rebranded? Don't be daft. He's been primed and waiting in the wings for 66 years and now, at 92, HM Queen Elizabeth 11 is slowly but surely handing over the reins to her son which is to be expected.
I think Charles will be an excellent monarch especially with Camilla's support.
He was 'pushed' into his first marriage by Prince Philip.
Who among us can truthfully say that they haven't changed their views or modus operandi since their 30s? I know I have, most certainly.

Rosina, re your post at 11:11:23 today, last sentence...

I believe Edward the VII was about Charles' age when he became king, so I see no reason why age alone should bar Prince Charles, and no-one has yet suggested that his mental faculties are in any way affected.

Although royalist by nature, I am not overly enthusiastic about any of my own generation of the royal family or of their children, but hope that whoever succeeds the present Queen will man up and do the job well.

I'm not entirely sure Charles is a farmer.

I have no idea whether Prince Charles will make a good King or not, however, I would like to make a comment regarding the Princes Trust. I have no doubt it does a lot of good work but does anyone actually think he turns up at the office and puts in a days work? It's the same with Camilla being "involved" in charities - they can use her name and apart from attending a few functions that's the end of if.

If he had played his cards right he would have been monarch before now ? Do you mean murdered his mother ?