With the ongoing Megxit scandal and a mixed reaction from his new subjects, King Charles may have had a rocky start as the reigning monarch.
However, a close friend of his Royal Highness says he is enjoying his long-awaited reign.
Lady Anne Glenconner, a longtime confidante of the late Princess Margaret, said she caught up with King Charles on New Year’s Day and that he gave the gig the royal thumbs up.
According to an audience member, Glenconner revealed that Charles is “very happy being king.”
“I think he’ll be a wonderful king,” she added. He has a lot of empathy for people.”
Some of the individuals in question appear to disagree.
While Charles III has received widespread support, he has also faced some vocal opposition. He was taunted by his less-than-loyal subjects just last week while visiting Milton Keynes, a small city about an hour from London. Some protesters chanted “Not my king!” as he walked through a public space.
Glenconner had told him while promoting her new book “Whatever Next: Lessons from an Unexpected Life,” that she would like an invitation to his coronation in May.
If Glenconner, 90, is invited, she will be the only person to have attended both Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953 (as a maid of honor) and the new king’s coronation.
The socialite-turned-author, who was Princess Margaret’s Extra Lady-in-Waiting from 1971 until her death in 2002, also weighed in on the hit TV show “Crown,” which depicts the royal family.
“Claire Foy was brilliant as the Queen, she was the best queen,” Glenconner said, comparing her to other actresses who have played Elizabeth II over the years, including Olivia Coleman.
She did, however, express her dissatisfaction with the portrayal of Margaret as a hell-raising tearaway.
“I’ve always been told that people in America believe it’s the absolute gospel,” she said. “It started out rather well, and we all thought, ‘This is going to be good,’ but the writer [sic]went off the rails.”
“Lady in Waiting,” Glenconner’s first book, was about her relationship with Margaret.
The new book also discusses the royals, as well as her abusive husband, Colin Tennant, who shattered her eardrum and caused her to lose hearing in one ear.
“I kind of hinted at domestic abuse in the first book, but I felt I really needed to talk about it properly in this book,” she told The Daily Beast.
