From suavely-dressed action man to tactful diplomat and tree-hugger in wellies Charles has played bewildering variety of roles in the course of his long wait to be King.
King Charles III, father of Prince William and Prince Harry, became Britain's new monarch when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away on Sept. 8 at age 96.
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.
It was a rather dreich day in Lanarkshire and, as her Bentley glided to a halt, and dignitaries braced themselves on the greeting-line, those brilliant blue eyes fast spotted a problem.