Christopher Andersen’s biographical book The King: The Life of Charles III isn’t even out yet and it’s already giving us a lot of gossip! This Wednesday (2), Page Six published some bizarre excerpts from the monarch’s life, including the new king’s attachment to a teddy bear and the aggressive way he treated palace employees at the age of 40.
According to the work, which is due out November 8, Charles slept cuddled with the teddy bear despite being “in his 40s.” He even had the support of a few special staff to look after the toys, including former valet Michael Fawcett and former royal nanny Mabel Anderson, who was already retired. Whenever the plush needed repairs, she was called in to make the necessary repairs. “Is it over there [Mabel] he was the only person allowed to thread and needle the teddy bear. You would think it was your own son who had to undergo major surgery,” a former King’s official told Andersen.
According to reports in Christopher Andersen’s book, Charles III. have an aggressive personality (Picture: Getty)
Despite the constant help of his employees, Charles did not maintain a healthy relationship with them. In another excerpt from the book, highlighted by the publication, Christopher Andersen reveals a head gardener’s account of the monarch’s orders and how he oversaw his service. The employee woke up every day with a list of “orders and complaints written in red ink by his boss.” Also, the thenPrince used a green megaphone to call out his orders from the balcony.
“For someone who said he was bullied as a child, Prince Charles clearly enjoyed bullying us. He could be nice and polite, but most of the time he was moody and mean. He wouldn’t think twice about insulting you if you made a wrong move,” confessed another Highgrove Andersen employee.
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Charles III not only showed his aggression towards the officers. In other parts of the book, Andersen wrote about violent situations involving Diana, his wife at the time, and close friends of the monarch. According to the account of Ken Stronach, another former valet to the British, during an argument Charles threw a wooden bootjack (a tool used to help remove boots) at the princess, narrowly missing her head.
The former staffer also said the monarch once smashed a window simply for the sake of “fresh air”. “Unable to open the window, he grabbed a chair and broke it open. Unhappy with the results, he crushed another,” Stronach said. “You have to understand: the prince is used to getting what he wants. And he wanted some fresh air,” he concluded. Caught!
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