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A provocative, surprising, and utterly fresh portrait of Charles, Prince of WalesHe is one of the world's most fascinating and least understood figures: now sixty-six, Prince Charles has spent his entire life preparing to be king while insisting on being his own man. In this brilliant portrait, he emerges as a complex character driven by a painful past, a questing intellect, and a powerful impulse not only to reshape the monarchy but to use the long wait for the throne to work toward high ideals.Based on exclusive interviews with members of Charles's inner circle and on rare access to the Prince himself, this revelatory biography takes us deep into the royal sphere--a world of its own that Catherine Mayer calls Planet Windsor--and shows us the skullduggery and unintentional comedy of court life.