This book tells the untold truth of the last 20 years of Prince Charles’s life. As someone who knows Prince Charles well told me: “He has never recovered from being bullied by his father – and with any luck he won’t recover from being bullied by you.”In July 1996, Prince Charles was a worried man. His valet was two minutes late bringing him his lightly poached free-range Duchy egg for breakfast and the newspapers were reporting that he was the least popular person in the entire world. “I want to marry Camilla and for her to become queen.”When the news broke that Diana had been killed in a car accident, Prince Charles was sitting on the lavatory. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rebel Prince: The Power, Passion and Defiance of Prince Charles by Tom Bower (William Collins, £20) Photograph: William CollinsThe early years of the new century marked a high point of turbulence in Charles’s life.

Source: The Guardian March 30, 2018 12:45 UTC