King Charles’ biographer says he was ‘headbutted’ by ex-partner during protocol | Royal | News
A journalist who wrote a best-selling biography of King Charles has revealed what it was like to observe members of the Royal Family behind the scenes and how they still follow strict protocols even when the eyes of the world aren’t watching.
Now writing a new book, Catherine Mayer has claimed Charles’ ex-girlfriend accidentally head-butted the former prince; Moreover, he adhered to the two rules he had to follow every time he met Charles.
He explained that he had been “fortunate enough to see the royal family behind closed doors” and that he had once imagined that they would “start protocols with their shoes” after the cameras were gone – but he said in his experience that was never the case.
And I’m talking on it A True Royal Podcast Presented by Hello!, she said: “I spoke to one of Charles’s ex-girlfriends, it was for the biography I was writing about him and she told me a really funny story about how they were all in this room waiting for him to come and they were smoking out the window and you know you’re young people.
“And as soon as they got to that room they all acted the same way and had to call him sir, and then every time he met her he had to curtsy to her and call her sir even though she was like his girlfriend.
“So she curtseys as he leans forward to kiss her. He leans forward to kiss her, and she gives him the Glasgow kiss.”
She often refers to the Royal Family as “the planet Windsor” and her new book is called Divide and Conquer, which takes a closer look at the lives of eight royal women, including Meghan Markle, Princess Diana and Princess Catherine.
The journalist, who wrote the best-selling book Charles: The Heart of a King in 2015, later described his own experiences of observing royal protocols and said he still finds them profound.
She explained: “I went to the state banquet with my husband and we…it’s such a funny thing to be announced to the room but they all do it.
“I mean, of course a state banquet is a formal thing, but they do it at other kinds of formal receptions. They absolutely do it.”
Her latest book, which focuses on the complex and often misunderstood lives of British royal women, is available to buy now.
and talk TelegramDuring his research, he uncovered something that surprised him.
He said: “I feel incredibly sorry for Diana in the end. I understand that she made the mistake of thinking she could find happiness in the institution. I think you basically have to have your head examined to be a part of that…
“The really good thing that Kate and William did was they tried to give their kids a taste of normalcy.”
