When Prince Charles was 17, back in 1965, Queen Elizabeth summoned a conference to plan his future. Her husband Prince Philip, her Prime Minister Harold Wilson, her Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey and a pride of other notables soon agreed on the prince's schooling and military service. But then what? The youth being trained to become King of England might find himself blocked from that or any other position for decades.
The Queen said she would like to avoid "an Edward VII situation," referring to her great-grandfather, who had spent much of his life ogling ballerinas and sipping champagne before Queen...
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