It is now known that Prince Charles, who became king a few months ago, has never been a great romantic. Just think of his marriage to Lady D, where there was not the slightest trace of romance. But even his outward appearance has always been far from the idea of the beautiful charming prince with thick blonde hair, blue eyes and prominent tonnage. But of all this, Carlo has always been well aware of it and even capable of laughing about it. And that is precisely why at the birth of William, he began with a rather particular joke.
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Charles III William: the particular joke at his birth
As revealed by the unpublished book charles iii, Published by Philip Kyle, there were many concerns surrounding William's birth. In fact, both the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles were a lot at the time distressed from the fact that the unborn child could resemble the father. When William was born on July 21, 1982, the first words of Elisabetta II were: “Does this look like you?” and Prince Charles sarcastically replied "Lucky for him not". And for both it was a relief discover that the baby had taken the traits from the mother.
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In particular, both the grandmother and the father feared that the newborn had inherited his father's appearance, specifically his protruding ears. In fact, protruding ears have always been a characteristic trait of the King, also constituting a motif of mockery. Carlo in fact, in his adolescence, was victim of bullies at school, precisely because of his ears. From this we can understand his apprehension for the birth of his firstborn, fearing that his son too could be mocked in the same way.
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Charles III Harry: his reaction to the birth of his second child
Certainly the reaction was not the same at the birth of her second son two years later. In fact, at the birth of Harry, Carlo would have made an irritated debut: "Oh my God, it's a boy, AND he has red hair too!“. The prince actually wanted a daughter and when yet another boy was born, he did not hide all his feelings disappointment. As well as for Carlo, the red color of Harry's hair aroused everyone's doubts and perplexities about his paternity from the beginning. But Diana always claimed that Prince Harry had traits of him, calling him "My little Spencer".
