The Queen is “constantly frustrated by Prince Charles” who “will never live up to her sense of duty,” claims a royal expert in a new documentary.
Clive Irving, author of the new biography The Last Queen, believes that no member of the Royal Family has “measured” herself by Her Majesty’s enduring sense of duty.
During the Channel 4 documentary Queen Elizabeth: Love, Honor and Crown, airing tonight at 9 p.m., Irving states that the Queen, 94, has “ never really understood ” her eldest son Charles, 72, – heir to the throne. and is’ amazed by him. ‘
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In Channel 4’s documentary Queen Elizabeth: Love, Honor and Crown, airing at 9pm tonight, royal commentators discuss the Queen’s relationship with her eldest son and heir to the throne. Author Clive Irving said the Monarch is ‘constantly frustrated’ with Prince Charles (photo: The Queen and Prince Charles at the 2019 Braemar Highland Games)
Irving also said the Queen was more attracted to being ‘overtly affectionate’ with Prince Andrew (Photo: Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2019)
Irving also claims that Prince William is the only royal who fully appreciates the monarch’s’ very devoted sense of duty ‘, saying,’ Anyone around the queen cannot do that at any point. Her own family is no match for that. Charles never complies with that. ‘
The royal author also said the Queen is more attracted to Prince Andrew, 61, than his older brother, saying, “To this day, she is more openly affectionate to Andrew and more forgiving of Andrew than Charles.”
When Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty magazine, also discussed the different characters of the siblings, Charles called ‘the opposite of younger brother Andrew’.
She said, ‘He is [Andrew] noisy, clumsy, very charming, when he wants to be. He can be arrogant and rude; he has some of the characteristics of his own father. ‘
Filmed during a recent interview about his latest book, The Last Queen, Clive Irving is one of the many royal commentators featured in the Channel 4 documentary
Seward added that Andrew’s active service in the Navy, after Prince Philip, including piloting helicopters on missions during the Falklands War, made him return “as a war hero, his mother was proud.”
She said that at the time, Charles and Andrew were first and second in line to the throne to represent “ all that could be the monarchy. ”
The documentary claims to be an ‘in-depth investigation into several dramatic conflicts between crown and family during the long reign of the Queen’ and begins with a look at the early romance of the Queen and Prince Philip in the mid-1940s.
This week, a source close to the royal family claimed that Prince William does not believe he is ‘trapped’ in the system of the British monarchy, as claimed by Prince Harry.
The couple’s wedding in 1947 was supposed to be a low-key affair but was hijacked by the need to bring some post-war jubilation and turned into a much grander national celebration.
The program also suggests that Prince Philip, 99, who is recovering from a month-long stay in London hospitals after a recent spell of ill health, has been instrumental in the modernization of the monarchy.
Declassified documents obtained by Channel 4 also reveal that the Queen approved of Princess Margaret’s ill-fated engagement to Group Captain Peter Townsend, a divorcee – but that the Monarch had to make a deal with then-Prime Minister Anthony Eden for the possible marriage to get green light from the government
The documentary now features declassified documents, including one that sheds light on Princess Margaret’s ill-fated engagement to Group Captain Peter Townsend, a divorcee who was equal to King George VI.
The queen could not give her permission to have a marriage because she is the head of the church, which prevented divorced women from marrying in the church at that time in history – but some argue that the monarch had tried “thwart” the marriage, which the documents now refute.
The documents obtained by Channel 4 show that then Prime Minister Anthony Eden also had to give his consent, and the Queen and Prime Minister struck a deal for a wedding to go ahead. However, the couple didn’t make it down the aisle, with Princess Margaret eventually ending their love affair.
This week, a source close to the royal family claimed that Prince William does not believe he is ‘trapped’ in the system of the British monarchy, as Prince Harry claimed during his interview with Oprah Winfrey earlier this month.
Instead, the Duke of Cambridge, who comes to the throne behind his father, has ‘accepted’ his role and ‘the path set before him,’ say royal sources.
“He is very much his grandmother’s grandson in that respect of duty and service,” the source, close to both brothers, told the Sunday Times.
Queen Elizabeth: Love, Honor and Crown airs Sunday March 21 at 9pm on Channel 4