Heavy Is the Head: Prince Charles’s Rocky Ascent

DYNASTY: The Royal Family’s Most Challenging Year

Vanity Fair

Society & Culture

3.6 • 860 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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No one has ever waited longer to become monarch than Prince Charles. But who is Prince Charles, and how has his life in the shadows of nearly everyone close to him—his mother, his ex-wife, his sons—impacted who he is today? What can we even expect from King Charles? To understand these questions is to understand the man who has seemingly always played second fiddle in the Windsor P.R. machine. We’ll examine the ways in which Charles has reinvented his image and speculate on what his role and power within the firm mean for the future of the monarchy.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Chloe Mal. We interrupt our fashion month coverage to bring you some big news.
0:05.0	We are winding the clock back to 1990 and recounting the most jaw-dropping moments from this transformative
0:11.0	decade in fashion in the all-new doc series In Vogue, the 90s.
0:15.6	Told through the eyes of Vogue editors Hamish Bowls, Edward Ennefull, Tawny Goodman, and Anna Wintour,
0:21.1	the series is a thrilling journey through 10 years that changed fashion forever.
0:25.7	Hollywood, Grunge, the Met Gala, the globalization of American fashion, hip-hop,
0:31.5	each episode in this six-part series centers on a defining 90s moment.
0:35.4	Watch the six-part series streaming now on Disney Plus.
0:39.4	My Lords and members of the House of Commons,
0:45.0	Her Majesty's government's priority is to grow and strengthen the economy
0:50.0	and help ease the cost of living for families.
0:54.0	Her Majesty's government will level up opportunity in all parts of the country
1:00.0	and support more people into work.
1:03.0	This is Prince Charles opening Parliament in May.
1:07.0	He wasn't wearing the Imperial Crown because he's not yet king,
1:11.0	but he was carrying out one of the most important constitutional
1:15.8	roles of monarchy because the Queen was unable to attend.
1:20.4	I know the optics of this moment were particularly confusing for Americans.
1:25.0	Charles actually went viral because of the incongruity of a man on a gilded throne
1:29.4	lamenting the high cost of living. But understanding the importance of the state opening of Parliament and the fact that it was
1:36.2	Prince Charles giving the central speech instead of the Queen might help explain what was going
1:40.5	on.
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