For millions of people of a certain age, one of the abiding memories of and her son and heir Charles was the look of maternal pleasure, pride and affection on her face as she placed a coronet on his head confirming him as Prince of Wales.No one could have imagined — at that magical moment at Caernarvon Castle marking the Prince's 21st birthday in 1969 — that 25 years later he would be describing his mother as cold and distant.The world read those painful words in Jonathan Dimbleby's authorised biography of the Prince and this apparent unfeeling attitude became, for many, their perception of the Queen — despite the fact she was a devoted mother who had breastfed all four of her children.
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