King Charles’s close friend and biographer, Jonathan Dimbleby, joined Good Morning Britain to discuss the one year anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II.
He was asked by Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard how he thought King Charles would feel after a year on the throne.
Jonathan disclosed: “He was never in a rush, he had a huge life before, he was Prince of Wales for 50 years of so and he had a vast number of endeavours he was engaged in.
“It was a big transition and I think he must be very, very relieved and please he is held such high regard.
“He doesn’t spend a lot of time looking at polls at all but we know the polls show a great majority, any politician would die for, think he’s doing a very good job.
“He does it because he’s been trained for it. It sort of fits him like a glove, although he didn’t have to wear the gloves.
“He’s very diligent and works very very hard, he’s very committed and he really cares.
“He’s different from his mother, we see it so often, he’s very dignified in his formal performances, his public performances, he’s extraordinarily relaxed.
“He’s not serene like she was, he’s more, he’s a different generation and I think people are aware of that.
“They see how serious, how decent and how much he cares. All the things he does, discreetly and publicly, demonstrate he is someone who wants to be a unifying figure in terribly challenging times.”
Jonathan added: “He is a rock in an unstable world for many people. He doesn’t think about himself in that way but it’s how people see him and I’m sure if he was a bit more sort of, ‘how am I doing, how am I doing?’ which he isn’t, that is what he would be told.”
It came after the King released a short statement written and recorded at Balmoral Castle as a tribute to his mother.
He said: “In marking the first anniversary of Her Late Majesty’s death and my accession, we recall with great affection her long life, devoted service and all she meant to so many of us.
“I am deeply grateful, too, for the love and support that has been shown to my wife and myself during this year as we do our utmost to be of service to you all.”
The monarch also released a portrait of the late Queen taken by Cecil Beaton in 1968 when she was 42.
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