Charles III never had some grand masterplan sitting in a drawer. He never (contrary to the plotline of soap operas like The Crown), agitated to occupy his throne a day before it was ordained from on high. Nor, though, has he regarded himself as a ‘caretaker’ monarch.As he told one close friend soon after his accession in September 2022: ‘I always wondered if it would ever come but I never wanted it a minute sooner, either. And now I know what I want to do.’A man of strong faith (stronger than is often appreciated amid the scrutiny of his interest in other faiths), he will reflect one of his late mother’s defining qualities in times of crisis: no panic.
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