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Charles dislikes central heating and stuff y rooms at all times of the year, so there will always be a window open whenever he is in the building.
There, an indigenous community
leader from the Amazon jumped the gun on the coronation by placing a special “protective” necklace over his head and round his neck. The king happily kept it on for the rest of the party. There is likely to be a stronger
cultural dimension to this reign than the last. The late queen was not especially fond of classical music, theater, or opera, preferring musi- cals and cinema. Charles has had a lifelong love of Shakespeare and is arguably the
The British Royal Family Line of Succession Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip Queen Elizabeth II
most music-minded monarch since George III. Hence the fact that he has commissioned no less than 12 new pieces of classical music for his coronation. He has also shown a capacity
to tackle diffi cult family situations head-on. Opinion polling by the British
Social Attitudes survey shows that support for the monarchy over the last 30 years remained consistently above two-thirds, until the problems of two troublesome dukes surfaced in 2019-2020. First came the Duke of York, oth-
erwise known as Prince Andrew, the second of Elizabeth’s three sons and the king’s younger brother. Andrew made a disastrous public
attempt to exculpate himself from his friendship with the convicted sex off ender Jeff rey Epstein, who was found dead in his New York jail cell in August 2019. While denying all claims against
him, Andrew went on to reach an undisclosed settlement with an Ep- stein victim who was claiming sexu- al assault. Despite Elizabeth’s well-known
Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Prince of Wales Charles Princess of Wales Diana
soft spot for Andrew, even she had to acknowledge that he could no longer continue in an outward-facing pub- lic role because the public had no desire to see him. Then came the Duke and Duch-
ess of Sussex, better known as Harry and Meghan. The young couple announced
Catherine Duchess of Cambridge
Duke of Cambridge Prince William
Prince Harry Duke of Sussex
Duchess of Sussex Meghan
they were leaving both the U.K. and royal duties, blaming the media and the burden of royal life. This was followed by a series of interviews, including a tell-all with Oprah Winfrey, which greatly upset both Prince Charles and, even more so, Harry’s older brother Prince William.
of Cambridge
Prince Louis
of Cambridge of Cambridge
Princess Charlotte
Prince George
Prince Archie of Sussex
Princess Lilibet of Sussex
All these reverses took their toll. In 2021, that same annual polling
showed that support for the monar- chy had fallen to 55%.
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