I think she knew he was weak and after he was compromised with the whole Camilla Diana thing she knew he wasn’t up to the job and thus hung on as long as she could.
He was champing at the bit to take the throne and the media was being briefed regularly that she was handing off work to him and he was going to be regent yada yada and there would then be subtle pushback usually via the Times about how the Queen took her vow to serve for life literally. It felt like a media bun fight.
The Queen kinda wrote him off after Diana died - I don’t think he ordered it cos he hasn’t got the stones - I wonder if Michael Fawcett was involved in it and that way why he famously said he could “do without just about anyone except Michael” and Fawcett was given repeated chances after being collared d for
Financial impropriety.
However Diana’s death was used to gain control of Charles and cow the Queen.
Kind of “if we can take out your most popular you are all vulnerable”. At that point she focused on William and training him up. In later years it was notable that the Queen turned to William to help carry the load more than to her heir apparent. Also both William and the Queen visited MI5/6 notably, on a number of occasions. This was after her government were tumbled for interference in the US election. If William were one of theirs then the media would be kissing his ass 24/7 a la Obama/clinton/markle. It’s notable they don’t.
I think she knew he was weak and after he was compromised with the whole Camilla Diana thing she knew he wasn’t up to the job and thus hung on as long as she could. He was champing at the bit to take the throne and the media was being briefed regularly that she was handing off work to him and he was going to be regent yada yada and there would then be subtle pushback usually via the Times about how the Queen took her vow to serve for life literally. It felt like a media bun fight. The Queen kinda wrote him off after Diana died - I don’t think he ordered it cos he hasn’t got the stones - I wonder if Michael Fawcett was involved in it and that way why he famously said he could “do without just about anyone except Michael” and Fawcett was given repeated chances after being collared d for Financial impropriety. However Diana’s death was used to gain control of Charles and cow the Queen. Kind of “if we can take out your most popular you are all vulnerable”. At that point she focused on William and training him up. In later years it was notable that the Queen turned to William to help carry the load more than to her heir apparent. Also both William and the Queen visited MI5/6 notably, on a number of occasions. This was after her government were tumbled for interference in the US election. If William were one of theirs then the media would be kissing his ass 24/7 a la Obama/clinton/markle. It’s notable they don’t.