As for popular representations, it is clear that Charles III, who has just inherited the crown at the age of 73, after the death of Elizabeth II, has never had the stature of his royal progenitor.
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He barely got a half verse in The Queen Is Deadby the Smiths, their 1986 masterpiece. “Charles, do you ever want to appear on the cover of the ‘Daily Mail’ wearing your mother’s wedding veil?”asks the sarcastic Morrissey.
When it comes to music, the new King of England swears only by classical, or by his idol and friend Barbra Streisand. A few months ago, he had confessed to listening to Diana Ross or Miriam Makeba when he wanted to dance, he who is very hard to imagine as a night owl eager for dance floors.
And it is precisely this character trait, phlegm, which has often been emphasized in the personality of the new king. The best. Because if the prince is a very cultivated art and theater lover, pop culture has often made him a fool always stuffed in the royal skirts of his mother. The simpsons didn’t miss it.
While with us, the deceased Info Guignols depicted him with a pair of oversized ears, barely able to speak. With, in the same program, a caustic supplement provided by the duo formed by Antoine De Caunes and José Garcia.
Not to mention the blunders that Prince Charles has accumulated in real life and which have given the image of an inglorious character, hostage to the decisions of his family, his darkest side. Because if, often, prince Charles is mocked in a rather light way, as in the ephemeral animated series, signed HBO, The Prince, many books, or surveys, reveal his demons, his infidelity, his harshness towards a woman he did not want, Diana.
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And on the matter, even if the series deviates widely from historical truth, Netflix and The Crown have shaped an image that is more difficult to assume. In the mirror, it is the image of a man who fought for the only woman he has ever loved, Camilla Parker-Bowles, which shines through in the end. Even through his representations in pop culture, the man remains mysterious, late sovereign, with a chiaroscuro image.