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When did you first realise

that you were not just an
ordinary chap?

I do have very happy
memories of childhood.

I remember, when I was young, my
parents both enjoyed filming things.

I remember we used to have
lots of laughs.

I could sometimes make her laugh,
anyway, which was always very jolly.

But my mama, inevitably,
you know, was so busy

having to do all the tours abroad.

I remember,
when I was quite young,

trying to talk on the telephone
when she was miles away.

And then I think also spending
a lot of time

with my grandmother
at Royal Lodge.

There was a marvellous garden there,
and I used to,

as a child, potter about
in the garden there,

in the kitchen garden, and so on.

I learned so much from her
of immense value in my life.

When my mama succeeded
and became Queen,

and my grandfather died
so young,

I ended up becoming
heir to the throne, aged four.

It must have been a terrible
shock in many ways.

You can imagine, at that age,

when, presumably, she'd hoped
that she'd have a chance

to do other things and, you know,
bring up her family.

I can just remember
the actual coronation.

I remember my mama coming up

where we were being bathed
as children, wearing the crown.

It's incredibly heavy.

That's why my mama had to practise
so much wearing it.

As a child of about four or five,
one tends to remember, you know,

silly things like being dressed
up in a special suit of clothes.

And then, the barber coming in and
cutting one's hair much too short.

Particularly, I've never forgotten
my grandmother,

she used to say things like,

"You know, darling,
you must try and remember this."

Long live the Queen! Long live
the Queen! Long live the Queen!

When did you first realise

that you
were not just an ordinary chap?

It's something that dawns on you in
the most ghastly, inexorable way

that people are interested in one.
And, slowly, you get the idea

that you have a certain duty
and responsibility.

How much influence
has your father had on you?

Is he as tough a disciplinarian
inside the palace

as he appears to be outside,
on occasion?

He was a strong character.

He didn't suffer fools gladly.

So, if you said anything
that was in any way ambiguous,

he'd say, "Oh, make up your mind!"

But he could be enormously
encouraging

and he was very good at showing
you how to do things.

My father always went through
the process of discussing

where he thought, you know, I should
go, which schools and all that.

The trouble is, when you're young,

you don't know
what these places are like!

Wasn't particularly easy.

Good for the soul,
good for the character, probably.

But you either had
to literally sink or swim.

I suppose people think
that because of who you are,

therefore, they wouldn't dare fail
you in anything.

But it's not the case, because
I failed my maths exam three times.

I finally got it on the fourth
attempt

and I can tell you that
that was no joke.

That nearly finished me completely.

When I was in Australia at school,
that was much, much tougher.

I mean, I have the scars on my back
to prove it.

But at the end of it all,
having done it,

you really appreciated
the value of the exercise.

The idea behind it
is to challenge the person

so that they find something
within themselves

that they didn't realise existed.

And this can have an electrifying
effect on somebody.

I know it had an effect on me.

Having gone to Australia,

I felt I could actually
go and talk to somebody

without them talking to me first.

But it took quite a lot to go and do
it, but the moment I did it,

ever since then,
I've never looked back.

Your grandfather,
King George VI, once said,

"We're not so much a family,
we're more a firm."

Do you feel a member of a firm?

I like to think of us more
as a family, rather than a firm.

I tend to think of my family
as very special people.

It's too hot!
I've set something alight!

Charles!

Come on!

in that sense,

I'm only beginning to see my parents

and the rest of my family as other
people, do you know what I mean?

That you look upon them as having
their own different characteristics.

It's a great help to have a lot of
people all doing

the same thing like that,

because you can go and talk to them
about it.

You know, your own experiences

and the amusing things
that have happened.

And you can learn a lot
from each other.

Yes, it's very good.
Yes, I've seen them.

We enjoy them, yes.

Charles? Charles...

Yes, well, how are you?

So happy to see you.

I was just saying to Her Majesty,
I've seen you on television.

I think that's mutual.

I've seen you sometimes.
That's right.

Yes, how do you do?

I don't think you've seen me
on television.

thing you've
done - you've learned to fly.

The day I went on my solo,

the instructor taxied
to the end of the runway

and he suddenly climbed out and
said, "You're on your own, mate."

So, there I was
and I only had time

to have a few
butterflies in my tummy.

And then, I taxied off and took off.

And the moment I was in the air,
it was absolutely marvellous.

And, fortunately,
I landed first time.

That was the only worrying thing,

because I had visions of myself
going round and round and round

until, eventually, the fuel ran out.

But all was well.

When you came
to Wales, of course,

there was quite a lot of strong
anti-English nationalist feeling.

Were you at all apprehensive?

When I went to Aberystwyth
for a term,

there was a lot of tension.

I promise you,
walking into the dining hall

in the hall of residence
is not easy.

I don't blame people
demonstrating like that.

And you can't really expect people
to be overzealous about the fact

of having a so-called
English prince.

Although the day was rather damp
and grey, it was most exciting.

I wasn't nearly as nervous
as I thought.

The music was superb
and the colour was marvellous.

# God bless the Prince of Wales! #

To kneel in front of my mama
to take the oath

and then to have this coronet,

which was of a slightly
revolutionary design,

plonked onto my head.

Our most dear son,
Charles Philip Arthur George,

Prince of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...

My mama busy dressing me

rather like she did
when I was small!

With the same expression
on her face.

..and the Great Steward
of Scotland, Prince of Wales.

And then, you have to swear fealty.

I, Charles, Prince of Wales,

do become your liegeman of life
and limb, and of earthly worship...

But it was a very proud and moving

and rather humbling moment,
I thought.

I get easily moved
by those sorts of occasions.

But then, I've never forgotten
afterwards,

because I went on for three days
and did a tour of Wales.

I mean, masses of people
all the way for three days.

I've never forgotten it.

I think it's vital that those
of us who find ourselves

in this extraordinary position

understand something of what our
Armed Forces are expected to do

and it's much easier, then,
to look them in the eye.

When I was serving
in the Navy, I wanted to,

but it was encouraged anyway.

I'm not somebody endowed with
a great deal of overconfidence.

I always believe
if you're overconfident,

you can lead yourself into
all sorts of awkward situations.

Certainly, when I had my ship,

I always doubted
I was going to bring it alongside.

And it was always a great pleasure
when I did without a disaster!

I like flying alone.

It's more stimulating.

And...

..there's that
superb mixture between fear

and supreme enjoyment,
which comes over me.

That marvellous panic
where you don't really know

quite where you are and you've got
to sort it out for yourself.

I never... Although I can't,
obviously, forget who I am,

I never believe for one minute

that I should use who I was
to get my way

or to order anybody to do anything
because I'm who I am.

Drop it down
for somebody else to pick up...

I believe that the only way you
can do anything

is through any kind of respect that
people may have for you as a person.

The only problem is, of course,
when I put an Army uniform on,

I don't think I'm really going
to look quite right with a beard.

Be an interesting court martial,
though, wouldn't it?!

How did you define
the role of Prince of Wales?

I didn't.
I made it up as I went along.

I don't believe in having a
totally honorary position.

I'm afraid I leap in with both feet.

I was always brought up, you know,
to worry about everybody else.

I think that that is the basis
of one's job.

You know, to serve other people.

If you feel that you can do
something,

then you can be of service.

I think it would be criminally
negligent of me, you know,

to go round this country

and not actually want to try and do
something about what I find there.

Charlie! Don't forget us, darling!

I remember thinking,

"I'm sure there's something
I can do to help here."

It was all taking so long, you know,
for anything else to spring up,

so I just felt whatever we could
do in a small way

would be better than nothing.

Everybody has some
sort of talent, I think,

so often, is underutilised
and underexpressed and undervalued,

that, given a chance, um,

they will develop
if you take a chance with them.

Did they make you go down
potholes and things like that?

Unfortunately.
Rather you than me!

They're all coming.

I kept saying, "I want to be
able to take risks,"

so that, if it didn't work,
it didn't work.

But it was worth trying
with the most difficult ones,

the ones you find are hardest
to reach in society.

"From the age of ten,
I've been in trouble with the law.

"I was put into the secure unit.

"It was a college of crime.

"I learned how to
break into houses better.

"I learned how to steal cars better.

"I first heard about
the Trust when I was in prison.

"It was a chance for me to get the
fresh start I had been looking for.

"My life is now about helping people
rather than hurting people."

Oh, it is rather wonderful,
that, isn't it?

And so,
I'm going to write back to him.

My father,

I listened to him a lot,
or talked to him a lot

about his efforts, you know,
with the World Wildlife Fund and...

..we did talk quite a lot
about those sorts of things

and what was happening in the world

and the increasing threats
to wildlife

all around the world
and their habitats.

And I suspect I was probably
quite influenced by that.

But I was interested anyway.

I remember that period
of the 1960s only too well.

And I felt deeply disturbed
by what seemed to have become

a dangerously short-sighted
approach.

We are faced, at the moment,
with the horrifying effects

of pollution in all its cancerous
forms.

When you think that each person

produces roughly two pounds
of rubbish per day -

believe the Americans produce
more per head -

and there are 55 million of us
on this island

using non-returnable bottles and
indestructible plastic containers,

it is not difficult to
imagine the mountains of refuse

that you shall have to deal
with somehow.

In those early years, I was
described as old-fashioned,

out of touch and anti-science,

a dreamer in a modern world
that clearly thought itself

too sophisticated
for obsolete ideas and techniques.

But nothing could be
further from the truth.

I could see very clearly
that we were growing numb

to the sacred presence
that all traditional societies

still feel very deeply.

Like the children who
followed the Pied Piper,

we failed to notice how far we were
being taken from our rightful home.

What spurred me on
was an essential fact of life,

an undeniable law,

that if we ignore Nature,

everything starts to unravel.

The necessary action hasn't been
taken, has it? That's the problem.

And I cannot believe that people

can simply pay no attention
to science.

They accept it in every other
aspect of modern existence,

the evidence, but apparently,
NOT for climate change.

We need to think about what
kind of world we're handing on

to our successors,

particularly, grandchildren...

..so we don't ruin it for them.

Do you have any
thoughts about the lady

that a Prince of Wales should marry?

Yes.

Well, I suppose, um...

You see, it's always difficult,
because people like you perhaps

would expect quite a lot
from somebody like that,

and it's got to be
somebody pretty special.

Yes.

When you have children of your own,
you only then discover

just what fun they can be, um...

..and how important they are.

William is a splendid little
character and very good-natured.

He's very outgoing,
which is encouraging,

which will be a great help to him,
I think, later on.

His brother Harry is, I think,
absolutely adorable.

And he is extraordinarily good

and sleeps marvellously
and eats very well.

Let him have a look through
there.

Have a look through there.

You can see all those
people on the other side, look.

Look through there, you see?

You see the thing
on the side of this?

Can you see their faces?

There's people in there.

Look at them.

Trapped!

I'm not very good at being
a performing monkey.

I think that I'm quite
a sort of...private person.

It is extraordinary how now
you feel

that wherever you are,

there's somebody hiding behind
something somewhere.

I always think
there's a camera now. Always.

They've written the agenda,
nine times out of ten,

before you go anywhere,

including the script for a soap
opera that they want to continue.

I don't think many other people have
to go through

this constant attention.

Not just me, but others, you know,
when their marriages break down.

Obviously, I'd much rather
it hadn't happened

and I'm sure...

wife felt the same.

The trouble now is that, of course,

our children are getting to the age
where they read newspapers

and it's very upsetting.

I've learnt, over the years,
you know, to try and ignore it

by just not reading most of them.

Otherwise, you go bananas!

Um, but...

..with the children,

what can you do if they read it?

You can't stop it. You can't
stop them seeing this sort of thing.

It's just very important to develop

within as private
an atmosphere as possible.

Given the fact that
there's so many other things

in other parts of the world, and the
Commonwealth and everything else,

trying to get round
everything, as you can imagine,

is always a bit of a challenge.

I've been, I suppose, sort of born
and brought up in

and surrounded by all this.

So, in a funny way, it almost
becomes like second nature.

Being an incurable romantic,

I look upon the Commonwealth
as an ideal,

as representing principles which,
if you're not careful, disappear.

The whole idea of monarchy,

certainly as far as the Commonwealth
is concerned, is a family,

and that, somehow,
everybody belongs.

Ladies and gentlemen, His
Royal Highness, The Prince Of Wales.

So, do
you really enjoy walking along

the row of the crowd
and shaking hands?

It doesn't seem possible that anyone
could enjoy that.

Oh, why not?

When you get used to it,

you meet some frightfully
amusing people.

Perhaps
you'll pick up somebody here!

I try as hard as I can, by talking
to as many people as possible.

The great advantage of my position

is that I can go around
and talk to anybody about anything.

It is important to be honest
and genuine

and people will always see that.

They will always see through you
if you're not.

Oh, thank you, Prince Charles!
Thank you, Prince Charles!

Ohhh!

They see him as a very serious
person - which he is.

But I would like a lot of people
to see the lighter side of him.

# Oh, the cokey-cokey

# Knees bend, arms stretch,
ra-ra-ra

# You put your left leg in
You put your left leg out... #

It's very important to have,
as it were,

another world to go
through a door into.

Otherwise, I promise you,
it's very easy to go mad.

When I first came here,
after 11 years of not skiing,

I had the most dreadful falls
and crashes,

and landed on rocks and things...

But you learn that way. The only way
to learn is to take the falls.

I'm one of these hopeless
characters

who likes trying all sorts of things
because it appeals to me

and I'm one of these people who
doesn't like

sitting and watching
something else go on.

I don't like going to the races

and watching horses
thundering up and down,

because I'd rather
be riding a horse myself.

..An attack into
the next one.

Prince Charles goes back in
defence.

I like to see
if I can challenge myself

to do something
which is potentially hazardous,

just to see whether, mentally,

and I can accept that challenge
and carry it out.

Bloody cold! Can I give you that?

What?
What does that do?

Well, I tell you, you put the air in
here, you see, and if you now do...

I always have
the sense, though,

that if you were not in this
public position,

you'd like to be an actor.

I love imitating and mimicking.

Relax.

I enjoy making people laugh if I can.

And in a strange way, so much of
what one does requires, I find,

acting ability
in one way or another.

And it's
extremely useful if you enjoy it.

So, I start when the green light
goes on, do I?

Music plays a very important
part in my life.

For me, it's a vital part
of surviving the daily round.

I started on the trumpet
at school at Gordonstoun,

and I played that quite a bit.

I remember we had, in those
days in the early '60s,

these marvellous music teachers

who had escaped the Holocaust
in Germany.

And one of them stopped,
I remember, at one point and said,

"Those trumpets!"
she said, "Stop those trumpets!"

Anyway, I thought, well, the time
had come to try something else.

Hear this?

That's right.

Ohhh...!

Do you know what
Strings.

And this, inside, the way it's
shaped, gives it the sound,

which goes...

It's got quite a good tone. You see?

Oh!

I Was Glad by Hubert Parry

# We will go

# We will go

# Into the house of the Lord

# Our feet shall stand in thy gates

# Our feet shall stand in thy gates

# Our feet shall stand... #

We do not think music.
We resonate with it and feel it.

It somehow harmonises
with our own human nature

so that we feel
something is meant by it.

It's fantastic, I think.

And, of course, with a big choir,

it must be even more remarkable,
I would have thought.

Very interesting, you see...

It's those ones that make the whole
difference, I think, those pipes!

I remember, as a child, that my
grandmother used to take me

to all sorts of performances.

And also, all those marvellous
memories of being read to

as a child by my father.

"Hiawatha.

"Of all beasts
he learned the language,

"learned their names
and all their secrets.

"How the beavers built their lodges.

"Where the squirrels
hid their acorns."

They're so funny, these creatures,
they really do make me laugh.

"..Talked to them
whene'er he met them.

"Called them 'Hiawatha's brothers'."

I just always have loved
the countryside.

And I love walking in it anyway.

I find that, funnily enough,

walking is a terribly important
thing for me.

You know, rather like some people
need a cigarette, I need a walk!

And, to me -
it may sound silly to say,

but it's true,
in my sense, anyway -

every tree,

stone and burn and...

..and bit of heather...

..actually means a great
deal to me. I associate with them.

Some people mellow
as they grow older,

I've noticed you seem to have got
more passionate.

Well, yes, I am.

I mind so much about the future,

what we're going to leave
to our children and grandchildren.

That's what really gets me going.

He's pretty impatient,

as I think everybody who works
for him will tell you,

but that's how he gets things done.

She's the best
listener in the world.

She does have a wonderful way
with people, you see?

That's the special thing.

I'd love to tell him
to pace himself,

but I'm afraid that's not
going to happen.

I believe very strongly that
the whole business of monarchy

depends on continuity.

I think the older you get,

the more impact
the sovereign can make on affairs.

To that extent,
I believe very strongly

that one should continue
until the end of one's life.

And I see no reason why the Queen
should ever...retire, if you like.

Queen Elizabeth's
was a life well lived,

a promise with destiny kept,

and she is mourned most deeply
in her passing.

To my darling mama...

..as you begin
your last great journey

to join my dear late papa,

I want simply to say this...

Thank you.

How many do you think there are?
One...

One, two, three, four.
Four! Well done.

What sort of advice
will the father

be passing on to the son
from all you've learned?

I hope that,
rather like a farmer's son

following his father around the farm
and picking things up,

that I would hope that he would do
the same, in a sense.

Are you coming with me?
Agh!

Half the battle, isn't it,
is how to adapt...

..without losing
that element of continuity?

# God save our gracious King!
Long live... #

I, too, now, solemnly pledge myself,

throughout the remaining time
God grants me,

to uphold
the constitutional principles

at the heart of our nation.

I shall endeavour to serve you
with loyalty, respect and love,

as I have throughout my life.

Your Royal Highness,
we've now come really full circle.

You're now within days
of this investiture of yours.

What will that day
mean to you personally?

I think it'll probably
mean quite a lot.

I do enjoy ceremonies

and I think that the British people
do them so very well.

Three cheers
for His Majesty the King!

Hip-hip!

Hooray!

Hip-hip!

Hooray!

Hip-hip!

Hooray!

One could be so cynical
about this sort of thing and think,

"Oh, it's only a ceremony."
And, you know,

"Perhaps it's for television."
And, you know, "It's just a show!"

But I like to think it's something
a little bit more than that.

I think it'll be
a marvellous day, probably.

As long as the weather stays fine.