Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain passed away today. Her Majesty led the kingdom for 70 years. Now the throne will be taken by the Queen's son 73-year-old Prince Charles. You can hear a lot about his person, someone does not see anything special in him, someone still has not forgiven him for his attitude to Princess Diana, someone remembers other unpleasant details from the life of the royal person. So who is he — the future British king and how does he behave in life? The FAN recalls the famous scandals of the heir to the British crown.
Addicted to alcohol.
The Prince of Wales started a piggy bank of scandals as a teenager — at the age of 14. In the summer of 1963, together with his classmates, Charles went on a sailboat to the Scottish island of Lewis. On the spot, the boys wandered into a local pub, where the prince ordered a cherry brandy. It was a drink he'd tasted before on hunting trips, for warmth. This time, the young man also decided to warm up from the road. To his misfortune, there was a journalist in the bar, who made public the leisure time of a member of the royal family.
The news quickly spread across the country. Later, Charles ' bodyguard, whom the boy considered a friend, was fired. Since then, the prince has not been very fond of journalists.
It was awkward.
During the engagement of Prince Charles with Diana, journalists noted that the lovers look very happy. To this, Diana immediately replied: "Yes, absolutely." But Charles 'mood was a little different, he retorted to the future bride:" Whatever that means. Everyone has their own interpretation." At that moment, Diana was very confused. This moment in the biography of the royals even got into the TV series "The Crown".
Intimate conversation.
In 1992, an audio recording of an intimate conversation between Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles was leaked to the press. At that time, the interlocutors were married. The release of the recording was such a huge blow to the Prince's reputation that more than half of the British people considered Charles unworthy of the crown. Despite the overwhelming evidence of a relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles, the prince has always maintained that they are friends who support each other in any situation. At the same time, after the death of Diana, Camilla became the new wife of Charles.
Journalistic dislike.
In 2005, when Prince Charles was vacationing with his sons in Switzerland, there was a memorable scandal with journalists. The time of the press conference was agreed with the prince in advance. The meeting was supposed to take place on the eve of the prince's wedding to Camilla and, of course, the journalists could not leave this topic without attention. Hearing the piquant question, the heir to the British crown muttered under his breath how terrible journalists are and how much he hates them. But you can't hide anything from the microphones, and the words of Prince Charles began to adorn the front pages of British newspapers.
Trade in state awards.
In the scandal associated with fraudulent actions, Prince Charles landed in the summer of 2021. Then it turned out that the executive director of the Prince's charitable foundation, the Prince's Foundation, is changing state awards and British citizenship for large donations. So, one of the Arab sheikhs, who has been trying to become a British subject for many years, received the Order of the British Empire, which could facilitate the procedure for obtaining citizenship.
Of course, Charles ' representatives deny the prince's involvement in fraudulent activities. However, this still greatly tarnished the reputation of the heir.
Monarch Elizabeth II was loved and revered in Great Britain, they were proud of their queen, they tried to imitate her. Like any other person, she had her own hobbies and little weaknesses, like any monarch, they were royal. FAN previously talked about Her Majesty's royal hobbies.
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