Editing Charles III (section)

=== Official duties ===
{{See also|List of official overseas trips made by Charles III}}
[[File:1980 His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales with HM Dalaya visits Amul 3.jpg|thumb|With [[Harichand Megha Dalaya]] at [[Amul]], in [[Anand, Gujarat]], December 1980|alt=Black and white photograph of Charles in Gujarat with a crowd of people]]
In 1965, Charles undertook his first public engagement by attending a student garden party at the [[Palace of Holyroodhouse]].<ref name="coronation-facts">{{Cite web |title=100 Coronation facts |url=https://www.royal.uk/100-coronation-facts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501155413/https://www.royal.uk/100-coronation-facts |archive-date=1 May 2023 |access-date=1 May 2023 |publisher=Royal Household}}</ref> During his time as Prince of Wales, he undertook official duties on behalf of the Queen,<ref name="nytimes-charlesgothrone-sept82022"/> completing 10,934 engagements between 2002 and 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 April 2023|title=King Charles averages 521 royal engagements per year, but Princess Anne does even more, according to a new report|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/princess-anne-more-royal-engagements-than-king-charles-report-2023-4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326031304/https://www.businessinsider.com/princess-anne-more-royal-engagements-than-king-charles-report-2023-4 |archive-date=26 March 2024 |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]|url-status=live}}</ref> He officiated at [[investiture]]s and attended the funerals of foreign dignitaries.{{Sfn|Brandreth|p=325|2007}} Charles made regular tours of Wales, fulfilling a week of engagements each summer, and attending important national occasions, such as opening the [[Senedd building|Senedd]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Opening of the Senedd |url=http://www.assemblywales.org/visiting/about_us-assembly_history_buildings/senedd_history/sen-projecthistory/sen-project-history-subpage/sen-project-history-openeing-the-senedd.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810023045/http://www.assemblywales.org/visiting/about_us-assembly_history_buildings/senedd_history/sen-projecthistory/sen-project-history-subpage/sen-project-history-openeing-the-senedd.htm |archive-date=10 August 2014 |access-date=8 August 2014 |publisher=National Assembly for Wales}}</ref> The six trustees of the [[Royal Collection Trust]] met three times a year under his chairmanship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Administration |url=http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/about/administration |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006030309/http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/about/administration |archive-date=6 October 2012 |access-date=19 April 2013 |publisher=The Royal Collection Trust}}</ref> Charles also represented his mother at the independence celebrations in Fiji in 1970,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Trumbull |first=Robert |date=10 October 1970 |title=Fiji Raises the Flag of Independence After 96 Years of Rule by British |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/10/archives/fiji-raises-the-flag-of-independence-after-96-years-of-rule-by.html |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910004715/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/10/archives/fiji-raises-the-flag-of-independence-after-96-years-of-rule-by.html |archive-date=10 September 2022 |oclc=1645522}}</ref> The Bahamas in 1973,<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 July 1973 |title=1973: Bahamas' sun sets on British Empire |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/9/newsid_2498000/2498835.stm |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201022831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/9/newsid_2498000/2498835.stm |archive-date=1 February 2008}}</ref> Papua New Guinea in 1975,<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 September 1975 |title=Papua New Guinea Celebrates Independence |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/16/archives/papua-new-guinea-celebrates-independence-papua-new-guinea-is.html |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910033448/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/16/archives/papua-new-guinea-celebrates-independence-papua-new-guinea-is.html |archive-date=10 September 2022 |oclc=1645522}}</ref> Zimbabwe in 1980,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=Jay |date=18 April 1980 |title=Zimbabwe gains independence |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/04/18/zimbabwe-gains-independence/185c3573-e9e4-4d3a-9dce-5fe89bf04605 |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204220551/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/04/18/zimbabwe-gains-independence/185c3573-e9e4-4d3a-9dce-5fe89bf04605 |archive-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> and Brunei in 1984.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wedel |first=Paul |date=22 February 1984 |title=Brunei celebrated its independence from Britain Thursday with traditional... |publisher=[[UPI]] |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/02/22/Brunei-celebrated-its-independence-from-Britain-Thursday-with-traditional/6194446274000 |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219232834/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/02/22/Brunei-celebrated-its-independence-from-Britain-Thursday-with-traditional/6194446274000 |archive-date=19 February 2022}}</ref>

In 1983, [[Christopher John Lewis]], who had fired a shot with a [[.22 rifle]] at the Queen in 1981, attempted to escape a psychiatric hospital in order to assassinate Charles, who was visiting New Zealand with Diana and William.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ainge Roy |first=Eleanor |date=13 January 2018 |title='Damn&nbsp;... I missed': the incredible story of the day the Queen was nearly shot |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/13/queen-elizabeth-assassination-attempt-new-zealand-1981 |url-status=live |access-date=1 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301120257/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/13/queen-elizabeth-assassination-attempt-new-zealand-1981 |archive-date=1 March 2018}}</ref> While Charles was visiting Australia on [[Australia Day]] in January 1994, [[David Kang]] fired two shots at him from a [[starting pistol]] in protest of the treatment of several hundred Cambodian asylum seekers held in detention camps.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newman |first=John |date=12 May 1994 |title=Cambodian Refugees |url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA19940512014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120531/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA19940512014 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |website=New South Wales Legislative Assembly Hansard |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales}}; {{Cite news |date=27 January 1994 |title=Student fires 2 blanks at Prince Charles |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-27-mn-15986-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=13 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812170551/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-27/news/mn-15986_1_britain-s-prince-charles |archive-date=12 August 2014}}</ref> In 1995, Charles became the first member of the royal family to visit the Republic of Ireland in an official capacity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 April 2015 |title=Archive: Prince Charles visits Ireland in 1995 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-32397345/archive-prince-charles-visits-ireland-in-1995 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511050222/http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-32397345/archive-prince-charles-visits-ireland-in-1995 |archive-date=11 May 2018 |access-date=14 April 2018 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}; {{cite web |last1=McCullagh |first1=David |last2=Milner |first2=Cathy |title=Prince Charles Makes First Royal Visit to Ireland 1995 |url=http://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0529/704766-prince-charless-first-visit-to-ireland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415063559/http://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0529/704766-prince-charless-first-visit-to-ireland |archive-date=15 April 2018 |access-date=14 April 2018 |publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]}}</ref> In 1997 he represented the Queen at the [[Hong Kong handover ceremony]].{{sfn|Brendon|p=660|2007}}{{sfn|Brown|p=594|1998}}
[[File:20151104 OH H1013410 0003 (22461157447).jpg|thumb|left|Charles's ninth tour of New Zealand, November 2015|alt=Charles shaking hands with a crowd]]

At the funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005, Charles caused controversy when he shook hands with the [[president of Zimbabwe]], [[Robert Mugabe]], who had been seated next to him. Charles's office subsequently released a statement saying that he could not avoid shaking Mugabe's hand and that he "finds the current Zimbabwean regime abhorrent".<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 April 2005 |title=Charles shakes hands with Mugabe at Pope's funeral |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/italy/charles-shakes-hands-with-mugabe-at-popes-funeral-tkbbw0dwx2m |url-status=live |access-date=8 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622192720/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/charles-shakes-hands-with-mugabe-at-popes-funeral-tkbbw0dwx2m |archive-date=22 June 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

Charles represented the Queen at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony|opening ceremony]] of the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi, India.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 October 2010 |title=The Prince of Wales opens the Commonwealth Games |publisher=Clarence House |url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/news-and-diary/the-prince-of-wales-opens-the-commonwealth-games |url-status=dead |access-date=28 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521095222/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/news-and-diary/the-prince-of-wales-opens-the-commonwealth-games |archive-date=21 May 2015}}</ref> In November 2010, he and Camilla were indirectly involved in [[2010 UK student protests|student protests]] when their car was attacked by protesters.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 December 2010 |title=Prince Charles, Camilla's Car Attacked By Student Protesters in London |work=[[huffingtonpost]] |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/09/prince-charles-and-camill_n_794574.html#s203450 |url-status=dead |access-date=8 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323061206/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/09/prince-charles-and-camill_n_794574.html |archive-date=23 March 2013}}; {{Cite news |title=Royal car attacked in protest after MPs' fee vote |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11954333 |url-status=live |access-date=10 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210045010/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11954333 |archive-date=10 December 2010}}; {{Cite news |date=9 December 2010 |title=Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall unhurt in attack |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11965454 |url-status=live |access-date=16 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223074043/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11965454 |archive-date=23 February 2012}}</ref> In November 2013, he represented the Queen for the first time at a [[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting]], in [[Colombo]], Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Suroor |first=Hasan |date=8 May 2013 |title=Queen to miss Colombo CHOGM |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/queen-to-miss-colombo-chogm/article4695677.ece |url-status=live |access-date=7 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809205952/http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/queen-to-miss-colombo-chogm/article4695677.ece |archive-date=9 August 2013}}; {{Cite news |date=7 May 2013 |title=Queen to miss Commonwealth meeting for first time since 1973 |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/may/07/queen-miss-commonwealth-meeting |url-status=live |access-date=7 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021093826/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/may/07/queen-miss-commonwealth-meeting |archive-date=21 October 2013}}</ref>

Charles and Camilla made their first joint trip to the Republic of Ireland in May 2015. The British Embassy called the trip an important step in "promoting peace and reconciliation".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Urquart |first=Conal |date=13 May 2015 |title=Prince Charles Shakes the Hand of Irish Republican Leader Gerry Adams |url=https://time.com/3888516/prince-charles-gerry-adams/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521014543/http://time.com/3888516/prince-charles-gerry-adams |archive-date=21 May 2015 |access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref> During the trip, he shook hands in [[Galway]] with [[Gerry Adams]], leader of [[Sinn Féin]] and widely believed to be the leader of the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]], the militant group that had [[Assassination of Lord Mountbatten|assassinated Lord Mountbatten]] in 1979. The event was described by the media as a "historic handshake" and a "significant moment for [[Anglo-Irish relations]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDonald |first=Henry |date=19 May 2015 |title=Prince Charles and Gerry Adams share historic handshake |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/19/prince-charles-and-gerry-adams-share-historic-handshake |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521013218/http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/19/prince-charles-and-gerry-adams-share-historic-handshake |archive-date=21 May 2015}}; {{Cite news |title=Historic handshake between Prince Charles and Gerry Adams |work=The Independent (UK) |url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/historic-handshake-between-prince-charles-and-gerry-adams-31235024.html |url-status=live |access-date=21 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519215751/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/historic-handshake-between-prince-charles-and-gerry-adams-31235024.html |archive-date=19 May 2015}}; {{Cite news |last=Adam |first=Karla |date=19 May 2015 |title=Prince Charles, in Ireland, meets with Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/prince-charles-in-ireland-meets-with-sinn-fein-party-leader-gerry-adams/2015/05/19/5dc4259c-fe28-11e4-8c77-bf274685e1df_story.html |url-status=live |access-date=21 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522142025/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/prince-charles-in-ireland-meets-with-sinn-fein-party-leader-gerry-adams/2015/05/19/5dc4259c-fe28-11e4-8c77-bf274685e1df_story.html |archive-date=22 May 2015}}</ref>
[[File:President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump's Trip to the United Kingdom (48007684456).jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|With Queen Elizabeth II and other world leaders to mark the 75th anniversary of [[D-Day]] on 5 June 2019|alt=Seated left to right are: Governor-General of New Zealand Patsy Reddy, French president Emmanuel Macron, British prime minister Theresa May, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, US president Donald Trump, Greek president Prokopis Pavlopoulos, German chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte]]

Commonwealth heads of government decided at their [[2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting|2018 meeting]] that Charles would be the next Head of the Commonwealth after the Queen.<ref name="ny-times-charlesiiichosen">{{Cite news |date=10 September 2022 |title=Queen's Funeral Set for Sept. 19 at Westminster Abbey |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/09/10/world/queen-elizabeth-king-charles |url-status=live |access-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920181535/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/09/10/world/queen-elizabeth-king-charles |archive-date=20 September 2022 |oclc=1645522 |quote="The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, at Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace announced on Saturday."}}</ref> The head is chosen and therefore not hereditary.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Adam |first=Karla |date=20 April 2018 |title=Commonwealth backs Prince Charles as its next leader |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/20/commonwealth-backs-prince-charles-as-its-next-leader |url-status=live |access-date=5 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806024750/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/20/commonwealth-backs-prince-charles-as-its-next-leader |archive-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> In March 2019, at the request of the British government, Charles and Camilla went on an official tour of Cuba, making them the first British royals to visit the country. The tour was seen as an effort to form a closer relationship between Cuba and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 March 2019 |title=Prince Charles and Camilla make history in Cuba |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47688610 |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402091019/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47688610 |archive-date=2 April 2019}}</ref>

Charles contracted [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|pandemic]] in March 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Reynolds |first1=Emma |last2=Foster |first2=Max |last3=Wilkinson |first3=David |date=25 March 2020 |title=Prince Charles tests positive for novel coronavirus |agency=[[CNN]] |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/25/europe/prince-charles-coronavirus-gbr-intl/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=25 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325110903/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/25/europe/prince-charles-coronavirus-gbr-intl/index.html |archive-date=25 March 2020}}; {{Cite news |last1=Furness |first1=Hannah |last2=Johnson |first2=Simon |date=25 March 2020 |title=Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus: These are his most recent engagements |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2020/03/25/prince-charles-tests-positive-coronavirus |url-status=live |accessdate=25 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325112945/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2020/03/25/prince-charles-tests-positive-coronavirus |archive-date=25 March 2020 |issn=}}</ref><ref name="BBC-virus">{{Cite web |date=25 March 2020 |title=Coronavirus: Prince Charles tests positive but 'remains in good health' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52033845 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325120442/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52033845 |archive-date=25 March 2020 |access-date=25 March 2020 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> Several newspapers were critical that Charles and Camilla were tested promptly at a time when many [[NHS]] doctors, nurses and patients had been unable to be tested expeditiously.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 March 2020 |title=Warning to all as Prince Charles catches coronavirus amid 'queue jump' claims – The Yorkshire Post says |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/warning-all-prince-charles-catches-coronavirus-amid-queue-jump-claims-yorkshire-post-says-2517535 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326110610/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/warning-all-prince-charles-catches-coronavirus-amid-queue-jump-claims-yorkshire-post-says-2517535 |archive-date=26 March 2020 |access-date=26 March 2020 |website=[[The Yorkshire Post]]}}</ref> He tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time in February 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ott |first=Haley |date=10 February 2022 |title=Britain's Prince Charles tests positive for COVID-19 for the 2nd time |publisher=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/britains-prince-charles-tests-positive-for-covid-19-for-the-2nd-time |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606214457/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/britains-prince-charles-tests-positive-for-covid-19-for-the-2nd-time |archive-date=6 June 2022}}</ref> He and Camilla, who also tested positive, had received doses of a [[COVID-19 vaccine]] in February 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 February 2021 |title=Covid: Prince Charles and Camilla get first vaccine |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56008436 |url-status=live |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421054642/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56008436 |archive-date=21 April 2022}}</ref>
[[File:Queen’s Speech - 52063897843.jpg|thumb|Delivering the [[Speech from the throne|Queen's Speech]] to the British Parliament on behalf of his mother, May 2022|alt=Charles seated on the Sovereign's Throne in the House of Lords during the 2022 state opening of the British Parliament. Next to him is the Imperial State Crown. ]]

Charles attended the November 2021 ceremonies to mark [[Republicanism in Barbados#2021 Constitutional amendment|Barbados's transition into a parliamentary republic]], abolishing the position of [[monarch of Barbados]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Rhiannon |date=30 November 2021 |title=Barbados: Prince Charles acknowledges 'appalling' history of slavery as island becomes a republic |url=https://news.sky.com/story/prince-charles-acknowledges-appalling-history-of-slavery-as-barbados-becomes-a-republic-12482796 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130052708/https://news.sky.com/story/prince-charles-acknowledges-appalling-history-of-slavery-as-barbados-becomes-a-republic-12482796 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |access-date=30 November 2021 |website=Sky News}}</ref> He was invited by Prime Minister [[Mia Mottley]] as the future Head of the Commonwealth;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Victoria |date=28 November 2021 |title=All About Prince Charles's Visit to Barbados as the Country Cuts Ties with the Monarchy |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a38366303/prince-charles-visit-to-barbados-2021-details |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034439/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a38366303/prince-charles-visit-to-barbados-2021-details |archive-date=26 March 2023 |access-date=3 May 2023 |magazine=Town & Country}}</ref> it was the first time that a member of the royal family attended the transition of a realm to a republic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nikkhah |first=Roya |date=28 November 2021 |title=Regretful Prince Charles flies to Barbados to watch his realm become a republic |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/regretful-prince-charles-flies-to-barbados-to-watch-his-realm-become-a-republic-c2vnz7k5v |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034440/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/regretful-prince-charles-flies-to-barbados-to-watch-his-realm-become-a-republic-c2vnz7k5v |archive-date=26 March 2023 |access-date=3 May 2023 |newspaper=Sunday Times}}</ref> In May of the following year, Charles attended the [[2022 State Opening of Parliament|State Opening of the British Parliament]], delivering the Queen's Speech on behalf of his mother, as a [[counsellor of state]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Caroline |date=10 May 2022 |title=Queen remains 'very much in charge' even as Charles makes speech |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/10/queen-remains-very-much-in-charge-even-as-charles-makes-speech |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510143837/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/10/queen-remains-very-much-in-charge-even-as-charles-makes-speech |archive-date=10 May 2022 |access-date=10 May 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>