For decades, there has been a buzz of testy, hypothetical media commentary around the reign of King Charles III. What sort of monarch would this activist prince make? Would his consort, Camilla, be accepted? How could the climate-change environmentalist tone down his “save the planet” rhetoric to take on the mantle of apolitical kingship? Would the internal House of Windsor fractures of recent years, involving his brother Prince Andrew and his son Prince Harry, impact on the new monarchy?
But when the moment came, King Charles not only rose to the occasion with profound dignity.
