Since he has been wearing the British crown, King Charles III has never stopped surprising English society and the whole world. After the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II of England on September 8, 2022, new data on the personality of the until then Prince of Wales have come to light.
We already knew the information about his characteristic shyness, as well as the high opinion he has of himself and his abilities, but we did not know that he placed so much importance on etiquette and image, something with which he has proven to be very sensitive.
Although there are several books dedicated to the figure of the current monarch of the United Kingdom and the writer Sally Bedell Smith worked on his biography in 2017, there are still many details about the new King that the world does not know.
Prince Eduardo von Anhalt-Dessau, cousin of Carlos III and friend of Camilla Parker Bowles, has told in an interview that the current King of England had a childhood trauma that only his friend has managed to solve.
The aristocrat and journalist told the German magazine Stern that his cousin has overcome, thanks to his second wife, Camila Parker Bowles, "his inability to be touched," something he had been carrying around since he was a child.
''Carlos had a big trauma that Camilla resolved. He used to lose control when someone touched him spontaneously, put their hand on his arm or even on his shoulder, "explained the monarch's cousin while assuring that the situation could become more serious, since Carlos III could" enter into panic ''. ''Him Now he is very relaxed, even when he is surrounded by people and they touch him. That is clearly Camilla's credit,'' von Anhalt-Dessau said.
It is not the first time that someone has talked about the problems that Carlos III has with physical contact, since Prince Harry himself deals with the subject in his controversial book In the Shadows, but it is the first time that someone close to the monarch has spoken openly about it. trauma and tells how Camila Parker has helped her.
The journalist stated in the magazine that Parker Bowles has been present in the life of Carlos III since the 1970s and that he has always provided him with unconditional support, something that has made him break down some emotional barriers.
Diana from Wales, known to the general public as Lady Di, told the author Ingrid Seward that the education her husband had received during his childhood had been key to his adult personality and the distance between them, a childhood that took him to being a person who has a hard time expressing his feelings.
Despite the fame of coldness that accompanies the surname Windsor, Eduardo von Anhalt-Dessau assured in the interview that the King's trauma came from several episodes that he lived through while at the boarding school where his father, Gordonstoun, forced him to go, a stage of his life that in his biography is narrated as "an absolute nightmare." The then young prince suffered for several years from bullying and harassment by his classmates, leaving him with serious consequences and insecurities forever.
