Workaholic Prince who needs to see more of grandkids

Prince Charles with Camilla and immediate family, including grandchildren THE Duke of Cambridge has suggested his father needs to adjust his work-life balance and spend more time with his grandchildren.

In tonight’s documentary, Prince Charles is painted by his family as a workaholic who is brilliant with his grandchildren – but sees them all too rarely.

There has been much speculation that Charles spends little time with George, Charlotte and Louis.

But there are touching illustrations of his affection for the children in tonight’s programme.

Absent

One iconic image shows Charles gazing with delight at Prince Louis in the garden of Clarence House after his christening in July.

Another depicts the heir to the throne swinging around one of Camilla’s grandchildren in a garden.

But William, 36, has done little to dispel stories that his father – said to work seven days a week, from just after breakfast until midnight – is absent too often.

Asked if Charles had time to be a grandfather on top of everything else, William replied: “It’s something I’m working more heavily on. I would like him to have more time with the children. Now he’s reached his 70th year it’s a perfect time to consolidate a little bit, because as most families would do, you are worried about having them around and making sure their health’s OK.

“He’s the fittest man I know but I want him to be fit until he’s 95. So, having more time with him at home would be lovely, and being able to play around with the grandchildren.”

Brother Harry, 34, added: “He does need to slow down. This is a man who has dinner ridiculously late, then goes to his desk and will fall asleep on his notes to the point where he’ll wake up with a piece of paper stuck to his face.

“The man never stops. I mean when we were kids there was bags of work. We could barely even get to his desk to say goodnight to him.”

Camilla said she believed duty would “always come first” but that he had a lighter side and enjoyed a close relationship with her grandchildren. She said: “He will get down and crawl about with them, making funny noises. He reads Harry Potter and can do all the different voices.”