The story of King Charles III

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He became heir to the British monarchy at 3 years old. Seventy years later, he ascends the throne as King of England.  A life of tragedy and scandal, this is the story of King Charles III.

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00:00God save the king.

00:30The prince will be 19.

00:37Next month we'll be reading archaeology and anthropology.

01:00I'm amazed that she's been brave enough to take me on.

01:05And I suppose in love.

01:06Of course.

01:07Whatever in love means.

01:08It is.

01:09I will.

01:40As of this evening, at seven o'clock, I hereby renounce my claim to the throne of

02:10England so that I may be free to live as a tampon in the trousers of the woman I love.

02:24Unbelievably proud of the children, William and Harry.

02:27They've been quite remarkable.

02:30And I think they've handled an extraordinarily difficult time, as I'm sure all of you can

02:35imagine, with quite enormous courage.

02:40And the greatest possible dignity.

02:48Everyone knew they were together anyway, as a couple.

02:49I mean, and good luck to him.

02:50I suppose he deserves a little bit of happiness now, doesn't he?

02:51He's had a lot of problems over the last couple of years.

03:07You don't wait until it's a total disaster before you do something.

03:11It's a terrible aspect of human nature that we wait for proof.

03:17So what I was trying to say was we're testing the world to destruction.

03:25I also know that I am not alone in feeling that plants and trees play an utterly invaluable

03:30and indispensable role in our lives.

03:33I think what Prince Charles would like to be remembered for is his often extremely lonely

03:39crusades on things like brutalist architecture, organic farming, genetically modified seeds

03:48and things like that, holistic medicine.

03:51Now one has to remember that when he started banging on, as he would put it, on these issues,

03:57he was ridiculed.

03:58He was called the potty prince.

04:01Now these issues are mainstream.

04:13In public life, highlighting the success of individuals can be a hazardous and invidious

04:19occupation.

04:20But as the Prince of Wales, our son, approaches his own 60th birthday, may I say that we are

04:27both enormously proud to have been reminded here today of his personal contribution to

04:33this remarkable organisation.

04:57My dear papa was a very special person who I think above all else would have been amazed

05:11by the reaction and the touching things that have been said about him.

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