It is taking me some time to get used to referring to my wonderful former ‘boss’ as The King, but I do it with an enormous sense of pride! Whilst the nation continues to mourn the loss of one of the most remarkable leaders and figureheads in history, there is also an air of optimistic anticipation as our new monarch begins his long-awaited reign. His Majesty King Charles III has an incredibly tough act to follow; his mother set the bar impossibly high but that will be no barrier to him being equally as remarkable in the role; doing things in his own inimitable style.
King Charles is a man of immense compassion, kindness, wisdom and generosity of spirit. He is thoughtful, on so many levels, both personally and on much wider issues. For decades he has devoted himself to raising awareness about the increasingly fragile state of the environment. Having battled against a tide of apathy and disbelievers for so many years, it is heartening, that finally his incredible foresight has been recognised and that his persistence has resulted in many innovative practices and schemes being implemented around the globe. Prince William, like his father, is enormously passionate about the environment – we are in very good hands!
His Majesty has a wonderful sense of humour and fun, a trait which seems to run in the family and one which is much needed when living life in the unrelenting glare of the world press. Anyone who meets King Charles in person is always struck by his ready laugh and the lovely twinkle in his eye; something which, sadly, is seldom reflected in the media. He is gracious and always appreciative; my collection of wonderful hand-written thank you notes from His Majesty, pays testament to this. These notes would have been written late at night, at a desk always stacked with piles of paperwork demanding his attention, which makes me treasure them all the more. The King’s sense of duty and devotion to the role are paralleled only by how unbelievably hard he works.
The last coronation, that of Queen Elizabeth II, took place on June 2nd 1953, just two months shy of a staggering 70 years ago. Coming just 8 years after the end of World War II, Britain was still recovering from the ravages of the war and, like the wedding of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, in 1947, it was a cause for great national celebration. The scale of the coronation was immense, but as with all royal occasions (weddings, jubilees, coronations…
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