Source: Fox News
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The last thing Prince Charles is thinking about these days is becoming the future king of England.
Nick Bullen, an executive producer who has been making programs about the British royal family for nearly 20 years, and has worked closely with Charles for eight, told Fox News he believes the prince is more focused on his current role, not the one destiny has in store for him.
Bullen’s latest project was chronicling Charles’ birthday celebration for the documentary “We Are Most Amused and Amazed” for ITV. Charles turns 70 on Nov. 14.
“I don’t think he thinks about it a lot,” said Bullen. “He is a man who very much lives in the present. And all of the programs we’ve made with him, he’s very now. He has a job to do as the Prince of Wales, which he does willingly… If you speak to him, sure, he’s aware he will be king one day, but that will come at its time. So not too much can be done now if you really think about it.
“And also, there’s the fact that for him to become king, then very sadly his mother has to die. So I guess it’s not something anyone wants to focus on, least of all her son… [And] when you speak with the family, you don’t necessarily get the sense that he’s thinking about the top job. He’s thinking about how he can be the most effective Prince of Wales today… He just wants to do the job really, really well. When he becomes king, he’ll do that job really, really well.”
And when it comes to Charles’ popularity with the public, he has come a long way. While he was celebrated as one of the most sought-after eligible bachelors in the ‘70s, he was later depicted as heartless by the press during his tumultuous marriage to Princess Diana.
In 1981, nearly one billion television viewers in 74 countries witnessed the marriage of the British heir to the then-schoolteacher. But after welcoming two sons and then enduring four years of separation, the couple formally divorced in 1996. A year later, Diana died at age 36 from injuries she sustained in a car crash.
“I think the popularity somewhat waned [for Charles] when he married Diana because she, in many ways, became the star of the show,” said Bullen. “And he allowed her to be the star of the show. But as their marriage fell apart, and marriages do fall apart, the press…
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