Prince Charles at 70: 'I do realise that it is a separate exercise being sovereign'

Prince of Wales reaches new milestone in a lifetime in which he has become known as both meddler and visionary

“At last!” the actor playing the prince mutters to the camera in the BBC’s inventive, and divisive, drama King Charles III, evoking the perception that the longest serving Prince of Wales was desperate for the crown.

He turns 70 next week, but Prince Charles is yet to begin the job for which he has spent a lifetime preparing. Even he sees humour in this. At a banquet for former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, in a discussion about how the two had reached conventional retirement age, Charles said: “I do hope yours is going to be a bit more realistic than mine!” There was a pause, an arching of the princely eyebrow, and … cue, uproarious laughter.

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