{"id":3599,"date":"2015-02-01T15:02:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T15:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=3599"},"modified":"2015-02-01T15:02:45","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T15:02:45","slug":"new-book-lifts-lid-on-court-of-prince-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/new-book-lifts-lid-on-court-of-prince-charles\/","title":{"rendered":"New book lifts lid on court of Prince Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Prince.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3600\" src=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Prince.jpg\" alt=\"Prince\" width=\"255\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Prince.jpg 255w, https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Prince-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a>A new biography of Britain\u2019s Prince Charles reveals how his inner circle is riven with backstabbing and infighting, according to extracts published by The Times newspaper Saturday.<br \/>\nCharles\u2019s household has been nicknamed \u201cWolf Hall\u201d after Hilary Mantel\u2019s historical novel about the brutal, conniving court of Henry VIII in the 16th century, the biography says.<br \/>\nIt adds that the son of Queen Elizabeth II and future king surrounds himself with people who tell him what he wants to hear.<br \/>\n\u201cCharles: The Heart of a King\u201d by Catherine Mayer is published in Britain on Thursday. Mayer has based the book on interviews with Charles himself as well as friends, courtiers and critics.<br \/>\n\u201cLife at court and its offshoots can be every bit as brutal as in the days when a twitching arras (tapestry) might signal a hidden assassin,\u201d it says, according to The Times\u2019s extracts.<br \/>\n\u201cOne former householder refers to Clarence House (Charles\u2019s household) as Wolf Hall.\u201d<br \/>\nMayer adds that 66-year-old Charles \u201chasn\u2019t always chosen his sages wisely.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s hard to know whom to trust; soft soap is always in greater abundance than gritty truth-telling,\u201d she writes.<br \/>\n\u201cThat factor, combined with his native insecurity, means he doesn\u2019t always believe he\u2019s earned the praise that comes his way, while criticism has the power to cast him into despair.\u201d<br \/>\nPublishers say the book reveals \u201ca man in sight of happiness yet still driven by anguish\u201d with \u201cpassionate views that mean he will never be as remote and impartial as his mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/new-book-lifts-lid-on-court-of-prince-charles\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new biography of Britain\u2019s Prince Charles reveals how his inner circle is riven with backstabbing and infighting, according to extracts published by The Times newspaper Saturday. Charles\u2019s household has been nicknamed \u201cWolf Hall\u201d after Hilary Mantel\u2019s historical novel about the brutal, conniving court of Henry VIII in the 16th century, the biography says. 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