AN HEIR FIRST, A SON SECOND
Being born an heir certainly comes with its challenges, and throughout Charles’ adolescent years, reports were rife of an indifference between the monarch and her firstborn.
In a Channel 4 documentary, royal expert Clive Irving argued that the Queen “never really understood” her eldest son and was even “puzzled by him”. Thankfully, that changed, and the pair, who were often pictured giggling beside one another, became incredibly close.
In one of her final public speeches, the Queen gushed over Charles and thanked him for protecting “our fragile planet”. The heir has made it clear he plans to never let his mother down – at the 2021 Platinum Jubilee party, his opening words, “Your Majesty, Mummy”, earned him ecstatic cheers from the crowd. In a moving, personal tribute, Charles went on to say how the Queen “had been there for us”.