It is a difficult question, to get to the fundamental role of the wearer of the crown. To what extent could – or should – this person share opinions? What about involvement in government affairs? The politics; This has been a constant concern for Charles, whose activism as Prince of Wales in areas as diverse as architecture, organic farming and global warming has been seen by some as ahead of his time, but also left many wondering how would reign. And it was very different from the way his mother, Queen Elizabeth, filled the role, with deep devotion to duty but little public indication of her views or involvement in political affairs of state. Such concerns were not lost on the new King. WATCHES | What the world can expect from King Charles:
Prince Charles: A king in waiting
As the Queen begins to step away from the public eye, The National’s Andrew Chang speaks to royal correspondents who have followed Prince Charles for years to find out what kind of king we can expect him to become. As he turned 70 in 2018, Charles confronted the issue head-on, telling the BBC he understood he would have to act differently once he became king. “I’m not that stupid,” he said when asked if his public campaign would continue after succeeding his mother. “I realize that being a dominant is a separate exercise, so of course I fully understand how it should work.”
Heir with the longest tenure
The Act of Settlement of 1701 established the succession to the throne. Charles became king the moment he was his mother died on Thursday aged 96. His coronation is likely to be months away. Given his mother’s longevity, Charles was the most anticipated heir to the throne in British history. “Not once, however, did Prince Charles ever complain about the wait – or even hint at his frustration at being perpetually second in line,” author John Fraser wrote in The Secret of the Crown: Canada’s Affair with Royalty. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles attend the State Opening of Parliament in London, England on December 19, 2019. (Paul Edwards/Getty Images) But it was in this role that he always felt he would have his greatest influence. He has been heir to the throne for more than 70 years. His time as King will not be that long. “He always knew that his impact on Canadian society, on British society, on Australian society was not going to be as a king. It was going to be as the Prince of Wales,” Matthew Rowe, director of business and partnership for his philanthropic efforts in Canada. , she said before Charles’ visit in the country in 2014. “So, through this philanthropic work he is really building his legacy to bequeath to his citizens.” Charles’ philanthropic work began in 1976, when he used his £7,400 severance pay from the Royal Navy to set up the Prince’s Trust. Queen Elizabeth holds the hands of her 20-year-old son Charles during his tenure as Prince of Wales on July 1, 1969 in Cardiff. (AFP/Getty Images)
A wide range of charitable endeavors
The trust is believed to have helped more than 800,000 young people find work and gain skills. Actor Idris Elba, for one, started out with a $2,000 grant to go to acting school. Charles’ philanthropic efforts have cut across a wide spectrum. In Canada alone, those receiving support range from disadvantaged youth and sheep farmers to soldiers trying to find a way forward after completing their military service. Once he becomes King, there will not be such a focus on these charitable efforts, and there have been suggestions in recent years that Charles is scaling back his involvement in the region as he gradually takes on more and more duties on behalf of his mother. While her death represents the sharp transition between reigns, there has been a gradual change over the past several years. Charles has traveled on her behalf since giving up long-haul travel and has taken her place on more and more high-profile occasions, including when she read the Queen’s speech at the opening of the British Parliament in May 2022. WATCHES | Prince Charles opens the British Parliament after the Queen was unable to attend:
Prince Charles Delivers Queen’s Speech to Open British Parliament for 1st Time
Prince Charles delivered the Queen’s Speech to open Parliament in the UK for the first time. Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth has been experiencing mobility issues. In 2018, Commonwealth leaders also approved him to succeed Elizabeth as head of the agency. A decade earlier, he had sent another message about how he would like to fulfill his role as king, suggesting he would become “Defender of the Faith” at his coronation, rather than “Defender of the Faith”, acknowledging the multicultural nature of his country and Commonwealth. who will reign. Other concerns from some quarters in recent years have revolved around whether Charles will meddle in state affairs or become more deeply involved in politics than his mother. “We’ve had this situation with the Queen being the longest-serving monarch in history, being very careful not to ever talk about politics,” Camilla Tominey, royal columnist for the Daily Telegraph, said in an interview. “But then we had her son and successor, Prince Charles, who was a bit more politically motivated. We saw him talk about architecture, climate change, sustainable development and other issues.” Charles feeds White Park cattle and learns about efforts to save the breed from extinction during a visit to Dinefwr Park on February 24, 2017, in Cwmbran, Wales. (Steve Parsons/Getty Images)
Getting into political affairs?
Charles hit the headlines a few years ago when it was revealed that he had allegedly linked Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler during a private conversation in Halifax. At the time, a headline said the remarks risked “causing an international scandal”. But is a monarch forbidden to enter into political affairs, or to propose such opinions? “The queen’s predecessors were more open in their views, and at times Charles seems to follow that tradition rather than the queen’s approach,” Carolyn Harris, a Toronto-based royal historian and author, said at the time. Over time, the Queen’s approach has been seen as the way a monarch approaches government. But it wasn’t always like that. “Queen Victoria in her correspondence was quite open about her political views,” Harris said. “There were some prime ministers she liked and some prime ministers she didn’t like.” Charles was at the center of more controversy a few years ago after he wrote letters – the ‘black spider note’, so named for its distinctive handwriting – to government ministers on issues ranging from military preparedness to the badger cull to the protection of fish and the preservation of historic buildings. WATCHES | On his 1991 visit to Ontario, Charles championed green business:
Prince Charles meets businesses to support the environment
Prince Charles hopes Canadian businesses have a role to play in protecting the environment.
He defends his actions
Some saw it as him learning how government works and something that could make sense for a future monarch, Harris said, while others thought he could try to intervene politically as King. But Charles himself defended his actions. In that BBC interview around the time of his 70th birthday, he said he had always tried to distance himself from party politics, questioning whether his interventions could really be considered “meddling”. “If it’s meddling to worry about the inner cities like I did 40 years ago … if that’s meddling, I’m very proud of it,” he said. Britain’s Prince Charles, left, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall speak during the Braemar Royal Highland Gathering at the Princess Royal and Duke of Fife Memorial Park in Braemar, Scotland, on Saturday. (Jane Barlow/The Associated Press) In the same BBC documentary, his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, said that Charles is driven by the need to help others. “He’s pretty impatient. He wants things done by yesterday, as I think anyone who works for him will tell you. But that’s how he does it. He’s driven by that, that passion inside him to really help,” she said. “He would like to save the world.”
