Born into the isolated, world of royalty in the late forties, Prince Charles was entirely given over to the care of the royal nannies who underpinned the whole system.
Promptly at 7am every morning, the curtains of the infant Prince Charles's nursery at Clarence House were opened by nannies Helen Lightbody and Mabel Anderson and his day began. Ms Lightbody was an old-fashioned martinet whose word was law. No one was allowed to interfere with her routine. After breakfast, at 9am, he was taken for a half-hour session with his mother, Princess Elizabeth, before being returned to the nursery. In the evening she visited him there when he was bathed and put to bed.