Prince charles biography by penny junor pictures
Penny Junor's dazzling new biography of the Prince of Wales will entirely revolutionise the way we think about Charles, his marriage and his mistress....
This explosive biography of the Prince of Wales set media headlines alight on hardback publication.
PENNY JUNOR: Nearly 40 years ago I wrote that the then Prince Charles was one of the saddest people I'd met. One woman has changed all that
What, I wonder, is going through the King's mind, with his Coronation – the pinnacle of his career – now so close?
What conflicting emotions as he prepares for the beginning of the rest of his life?
Grief still for his mother? Excitement?
Penny Junor's biography of the Prince of Wales aims to entirely revolutionize the way we think about Charles, his marriage and his mistress.Terror? Probably all three.
Charles is an emotional man and he felt the loss of his mother deeply. Her funeral, just eight months ago was the last big state occasion in Westminster Abbey. His crowning was always going to have cut both ways, emotionally, and I imagine there will be moments during this stirring ceremony when he will be fighting back tears.
But it will, of course, be an exciting day: the formal beginning of his reign, his opportunity at last to put decades of preparation into practice, to use his position as monarch to truly make a difference to the future of the planet and the lives of indivi