The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller 'Breathtaking' The Times '[The book that] made headlines
around the world.' Independent The former Prince of Wales has lived his whole life in the
public eye yet he remains an enigma. He was born to be king but he aims much higher. A
landmark publication Charles: The Heart of a King reveals Charles in all his complexity: the
passionate views that mean he will never be as remote and impartial as his mother the
compulsion to make a difference and the many and startling ways in which the Prince and now
King of the United Kingdom and fifteen other realms has already made his mark. The book offers
fresh and fascinating insights into the first marriage that did so much to define him and an
assessment of his relationship with the woman he calls with unintended accuracy his 'dearest
wife': Camilla now Queen Consort. We see Charles as a father and a friend a serious figure
and a joker. Life at court turns out to be full of hidden dangers and unexpected comedy. Now
updated and revised with a new preface and two new chapters - covering details of Harry and
Meghan's exit and its implications the cash-for-honours scandal Prince Andrew and more -
this significant study reveals a monarchy threatened and a man in sight of happiness yet still
driven by anguish and a remarkable belief system a charitable entrepreneur activist agitator
and avatar of the Establishment who just as often tilts against it. Based on multiple
interviews with his friends and courtiers palace insiders and critics and rare access to
Charles himself before his kingship this biography explores his philanthropy and his
compulsive interventionism his faith his significant impact on politics and the philosophy
that means when he seeks harmony he sometimes creates controversy. Gripping at times
astonishing often laugh-out-loud this is a royal biography unlike any other. 'A must-read ...
this important book is nothing short of a manual to our future King's world-view' GQ 'A
sustained piece of higher journalism' Independent
