The King's new portrait will appear on the cover of the Big Issue magazine on Monday, to coincide with the birthday launch of a cause dear to his heart: the Coronation Food Project.
When the Queen was 75, Rankin – the photographer who has shot everyone from Tony Blair to Madonna – took her Golden Jubilee portrait.
Looking directly into the camera, the King appears focused and determined, with a confident smile and plenty of wrinkles on show – as befits someone who took the throne well beyond retirement age. The regime is known as 5BX, which stands for Five Basic Exercises, an 11-minute workout comprising toe-touches, sit-ups, back extensions, push-ups and running on the spot.
'He's surprisingly abstemious and lives quite a simple life personally,' says an insider. 'He doesn't drink that much and never over-eats. And he never ceases to delight that even in his 70s he can still fit into all his old uniforms.' There is undeniable anger at the anguish the King believes Harry caused the late Queen in the last years of her life, not to mention the insults he has heaped upon his own wife Camilla, of whom Charles is understandably protectiveBy his side on many of his engagements is Queen Camilla, with whom he has a mutual understanding that they need their own space.
'But don't all kids tell their parents how they could do it so much better than they did in the olden days!' laughs a friend. 'Has His Majesty made mistakes when it comes to parenting? Yes. Would he privately admit he could have done some things better, or at least differently? Of course,' a source says.
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