The new King Charles faces the enormous challenge of building the same affection that characterized the relationship between Queen Elizabeth II and the British public.
Charles, the oldest person to ever assume the British throne, became King Charles III on Thursday following the death of his mother,After an apprenticeship that began as a child, Charles embodies the modernization of the British monarchy. He was the first heir not educated at home, the first to earn a university degree, and the first to grow up in the ever-intensifying glare of the media as deference to royalty faded.
Charles must figure out how to generate the "public support, a sense of endearment" that characterized the relationship Elizabeth had with the British public, Owens said.Hundreds of people flocked to Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening, September 8, after the Royal Family announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Footage taken by Tomas Petrus captures a crowd singing ‘God Save the Queen’ as it rained on Thursday night outside Buckingham Palace.
Charles, who will be the head of state for the U.K. and 14 other countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, has defended his actions. But tradition matters, too, for a man whose office previously described the monarchy as "the focal point for national pride, unity and allegiance."
"I think the frustrations are not so much that he’s had to wait for the throne," Smith told PBS. "I think his main frustration is that he has done so much and that ... he has been sort of massively misunderstood. He’s sort of been caught between two worlds: the world of his mother, revered, now beloved; and Diana, the ghost of whom still shadows him; and then his incredibly glamorous sons.
Her service was rewarded last February, when Queen Elizabeth II said publicly that it was her "sincere wish" that Camilla should be known as "Queen Consort" after her son succeeded her, answering questions once and for all about her status in the Royal Family.Prince Charles Philip Arthur George was born Nov. 14, 1948, in Buckingham Palace. When his mother acceded to the throne in 1952, the 3-year-old prince became the Duke of Cornwall. He became Prince of Wales at 20.
Charles’ relationship with Camilla began before he went to sea, but the romance foundered and she married a cavalry officer.
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