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REVEALING THE INSIDE STORY OF THE KING’S CORONATION ROYAL AUTHOR ROBERT HARDMAN ON HOW CHARLES CONQUERED A TOUGH FIRST YEAR AND WHY PRINCE WILLIAM TICKLED HIM IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY

The royal family may be facing health setbacks, but King Charles III reigns over a “happy court”, according to the author of a major new book on the monarchy.

“We have a very happy King on the throne,” Robert Hardman tells HELLO!. “Of course, he’s got his challenges, and every day there’s a drama of some sort, but he’s enjoying being King.”

Acclaimed royal author and journalist Robert has written the definitive account of His Majesty’s accession and coronation after shadowing the King and Queen over the past 18 months.

His accompanying documentary Charles III: The Coronation Year, which was broadcast on BBC1 on Boxing Day, took viewers behind the scenes during rehearsals for the coronation at Westminster Abbey, even capturing the King on camera joking about his “sausage fingers”.

This lighter side to Charles is more evident than ever now he is on the throne, says Robert, who has been covering the royal family

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