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Rebel Prince by Tom Bower – digested read

‘What shall I do?’ Prince Charles asked his mother when news broke about Diana’s death. ‘Forked if I know,’ she replied. ‘I want to watch the racing on TV’

This book tells the untold truth of the last 20 years of Prince Charles’s life. Up till now, everyone assumed the heir to the throne was a much-respected and well-loved man. But thanks to my research – trawling through the cuttings and speaking to 120 people who don’t like him very much but refused to go on the record – I can now exclusively reveal that he is a bit of a pampered, out-of-touch loser who likes homeopathy and despises modern architecture. 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. In a fury, he summoned his entire staff, including the 12 Indian gardeners who had been up all night picking snails out of his Highgrove flowerbeds, to a summit meeting. “Something must be done,” he yelled. “I want to marry Camilla and for her to become queen.”

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