Can King Charles reinvent himself and the monarchy?
Today in Focus Series
Presented by Michael Safi with Robert Booth; produced by Clizia Sala and Rudi Zygadlo; executive producer Phil Maynard
Tue 13 Sep 2022 03.00 BST
King Charles III comes to the throne with a nation in political flux and economic turmoil. Robert Booth looks at the challenges the new monarch faces
It has been happening before our eyes, these past few days: the transformation of Prince Charles into the King. For seven decades, he has been a fixture in British life: a person of varied interests preparing to one day become king. Now he must reinvent himself into a 21st-century monarch at a time of swirling independence and republican movements around the UK and the Commonwealth – and deal with continuing dramas within his family.