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If you do absolutely nothing at all … they are going to complain about that,” Charles once told a TV documentary. “The trouble is you are in a no-win situation. His Prince’s Trust charity has helped more than one million unemployed and disadvantaged young people since its launch almost 50 years ago. They argue he is thoughtful and concerned about his fellow Britons from all communities and walks of life.
Supporters say that is a distortion of the good work he does, that he is simply misunderstood and that in areas such as climate change he has been ahead of his time. He has been ridiculed for talking to plants and obsessing over architecture and the environment, and will long be associated with his failed first marriage to the late Princess Diana. To detractors, the new king is weak, vain, interfering, and ill-equipped for the role of sovereign.
His late mother was overwhelmingly popular and respected, but she leaves a royal family that has seen reputations tarnished and relationships strained, including over lingering allegations of racism against Buckingham Palace officials.Ĭharles confronts those challenges at the age of 73, the oldest monarch to take the throne in a lineage that dates back 1,000 years, with his second wife Camilla, who still divides public opinion, by his side. With the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth on Thursday, Prince Charles has finally become king of the United Kingdom and 14 other realms, ending a wait of more than 70 years – the longest by an heir in British history.
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