A top Royal biographer says he believes Charles is showing signs he isn’t enjoying his role as King.
Speaking to GB News, as the King’s tour of Kenya continues Tom Bower said:
“King Charles is not a natural diplomat or politician. I think he does struggle because he knows very well, of course, that terrible things happened during the Mau Mau period, but more Kenyans were murdered by Kenyans, many, many more than by the British.
“It was all vastly exaggerated, the suffering caused by the British, because it’s the work of left-wing American academics who positively lied about what happened.
“Unfortunately, the Foreign Office bowed to this argument that Britain had been terrible during the colonial period.
“The whole thing has been completely turned on its head.
“The British have a hugely advantageous reputation still in Kenya to this day, because of the legacy of its imperial past.
“Kenya is a booming, very flush African country unlike many of the others, thanks to the British legacy.”
“There’ll be no reparations, no government can be that foolish and hopefully Charles would say ‘not out of my mouth.’
“But the truth is that we’re reaching this odd period at the moment with the colonial past. I mean, South Africa has suffered terribly under its victorious ANC government.
“It’s about time that Britain stops saying sorry for what happened.
“It did some bad things. There’s no doubt there were some horrors but there were also a lot of good things done as well.
“He never liked going to Africa: he was forced to go to Africa shortly before he became King, because he neglected the Commonwealth.
“He liked going to India, but he avoided Africa because just didn’t find it culturally that interesting, whereas he was very interested in the culture of India.
“And the real truth is, Camilla doesn’t like travelling long distances. I think he does find it very difficult now; It doesn’t look as if he’s enjoying the job, having waited so long for it. But in the end the Commonwealth will fall apart unless he works hard at it.”
