Book HackCharlesBy Sally Bedell Smith
In a Nutshell
Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith remarks on the unique position of the former Prince of Wales – now King Charles III – as perpetually overlooked by his mother, Queen Elizabeth, and overshadowed by the public's obsessive love for Princess Diana.
Favorite Quote
His status was determined from birth. How he dealt with that fate in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is the story of a most improbable life.
Sally Bedell Smith
Introduction
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, her son Charles III ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom on September 8, 2022.
But what relationships had the most significant impact on Charles's life during his decades as Crown Prince?
Journalist Sally Bedell Smith has written multiple biographies on the Royal Family, including books on Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana.
In her biography, Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life, Smith describes the internal conflicts and public controversies that marked the future King.
Smith draws on interviews with contacts and friends of the Royal Family as well as journal entries and interviews with Charles himself.
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