King Charles travels with a teddy bear and has a ‘volcanic temperament’, royal author claims

King Charles III will be a ruler like no other. Author Christopher Andersen in an interview with ET’s Rachel Smith Kingexplains why Charles would become “one of the most eccentric sovereigns Britain has ever had”.

“He still travels with his childhood teddy bear,” says Andersen. “…he had it from an early age…the only person allowed to fix King Charles’ teddy bear was Mabel Anderson, his childhood nanny, and he still has his and very close.”

Andersen also claims that Charles “travels with a custom-made toilet seat.” Moreover, Andersen claims that Charles denied it, but that “the people who worked at the palace, those who worked for him… when he went to dinner at other people’s He often brings his own chef so they can prepare a meal for him which he eats separately at the table.

“He wants what he wants when he wants it,” explains Andersen.

“I think it’s one of the weirdest quirks. A lot of royals have it, and so did the Queen. They don’t like square ice cubes,” says Andersen. “They carry ice trays with them everywhere they go because they don’t like the clink that square cubes make.”

In addition to all Charles’ eccentricities, Andersen claims that the newly minted monarch is “very moody and very capricious.”

“He actually has a fiery temper,” claims Andersen. “…he can get very angry.”

Charles’ demeanor today owes much to his being raised by his parents, the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, says Andersen.

“Charles can be traced back to his childhood, when he was heartbreakingly lonely,” claims Andersen. “…Charles explained his relationship with his mother [by saying] She was cold and aloof, and his father was a bully, teasing him, making him cry in front of others, and physically bullying him.

“I think it’s pretty obvious that Charles spent his childhood…just 15 minutes twice a day. [with his parents]’” he claims. “…when he had a tonsillectomy, when he had a really bad flu, when he fell down a flight of stairs and broke his ankle, when he had an emergency appendectomy at age 13, his mother and father didn’t even visit him. To the hospital.”

Charles was then sent to boarding school in Scotland. He describes the experience as “pure hell.”

As a boy and adolescent, he was routinely beaten by older students, showered naked, and left with cold water. He was beaten and pushed to the ground,” claims Andersen. “He wrote a letter to his parents begging them to take him out of school … By today’s standards, frankly, it resembled bullying and child abuse, but his parents turned a blind eye to it. I think that caused a tremendous amount of resentment.”

Finally, in 1981 Charles married Princess Diana. The couple had two children, Prince William and Prince Harry, before divorcing in 1996. Diana died the following year.

“Most people would be surprised at how emotional he became when he learned of Diana’s death. After a while, we finally reached a truce of sorts,” says Andersen. Made this cry… This was the mother of his children, so on that level he appreciated it.”

When it came time for Diana’s funeral, Charles had William and Harry walk behind his mother’s coffin, and Andersen believes Charles felt “tremendous guilt.”

“Both William and Harry have spoken relatively recently about the extent to which they still suffer. It’s really a case of PTSD. They still suffer from flashbacks,” says Andersen. “…Charles and Philip actually told the boys to walk behind the coffin. Both William and Harry say they shouldn’t ask their children to do that…Harry said he would fly to London.” Every time he returns to England, he thinks of that day walking behind his mother’s coffin.”

It wasn’t until 2005 that Charles was allowed to marry Camilla Parker-Bowles. Still, Charles was aware that “he and Camilla could be portrayed as villains” after Diana’s death.

“I think the biggest challenge Charles faces right now is selling Camilla to the British public,” says Andersen. “…Now there is even talk of him getting rid of his consort side, so she becomes Queen Camilla…It’s one thing to sell the British people on this. [but] It’s quite another to see the crown placed on her head next to Charles when the coronation takes place in May. “

Andersen says that for all his experience, Charles “has seen himself as what the English call a whiner.” [which is] victim, complainer. “

“He always thought of himself as a victim, but Camilla’s role was always to hold it back,” says Andersen.

Andersen expects Charles to make a “bold move.”

“He’s been waiting 70 years for this job, longer than any previous monarch,” explains Andersen. “…he’s already made some moves to slim down the monarchy a bit…he just sold 15 of his mother’s prized racehorses…there will be other cuts. They will visit several palaces and museums.”

“I think one of the most interesting moves that Charles actually proposed many years ago was to take some of the more famous royals off the royal payroll,” he adds. At one point, the children of Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugene, Andrew and Fergie, proposed becoming princesses and were asked to give up their titles as princesses.”

After all, Andersen said: If not, it’s Charles’ fault. Everything depends on what happens to Charles III. “

Christopher Andersen’s King For more on ET’s interview with Andersen, watch Tuesday’s episode of Entertainment Tonight.

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