Born to Be King: Prince Charles on Planet Windsor (45 page)

Happier family: The Queen follows newly married Charles and Camilla after their blessing at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. The logistics of the 2005 wedding proved tricky.

Peace and reconciliation: An unofficial theme of Charles and Camilla’s life together, it was also the official theme of their 2014 visit to Colombia.

Enduring influence: Prince Charles with the Queen Mother at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, in 1954.

Father figure: His great-uncle Louis Mountbatten, here with Charles in 1970, gave copious advice, good and bad.

Altar ego: Nicholas Soames, friend of Charles since boyhood, serves as his Equerry in Bermuda in 1970. Soames later raised concerns about the marriage to Diana.

Close friend, not girlfriend: Lucia Santa Cruz leaves a London theater with Charles in 1970.

His not-so-humble servant: Michael Fawcett, then Charles’s valet, keeps the dogs on the leash during a 1990 shoot on the Sandringham estate.

“Better than sex”: Emma Thompson’s joke to
Time
magazine about the pleasure of dancing with her longtime friend Charles made global headlines in 2013.

Soundings: In 1985 Charles speaks with Michael Elliott, left, and Mark Malloch Brown, both from less rarified backgrounds than some of their colleagues at
The Economist.

A different kind of estate: touring an inner-London housing project in 2001.

Three in the marriage: In 2012 Charles and Camilla play host to the Dalai Lama.

Blood on the dance floor: Charles’s participation in a sword dance in Saudi Arabia in 2014 provoked cutting criticism.

Fleet of foot: Charles showcases British talent during his 2014 trip to Mexico.