The Prince of Wales reaches retirement age in November without having taken on the biggest job of his life.
The wait appears to weigh heavily on the heir to the throne.
At a dinner to mark the retirement of the Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks, Prince Charles pointed out that they were both born in 1948.
“I realise, of course, that we have both reached the official age of retirement,” the Prince said. “But I hope yours is going to be a bit more realistic than mine.”
Last November, Charles said: “Impatient? Me? What a thing to suggest! Yes, of course I am.” He added: “I’ll run out of time soon. I shall have snuffed it if I’m not careful.”
End of an era
The Dowager Countess of Yarborough has died aged 89. Ann’s son, the Earl of Yarborough, converted to Islam and uses the name Abdul Mateen.
On the death of his father in 1991, he inherited the bulk of the £68?million estate, which includes Brocklesby Park in Lincolnshire, 27,500 acres of farmland, and one of Britain’s finest private art collections.
His father was quite a character. At his village carol service, he once read the lesson about the shepherds deserting their flocks to see the baby in Bethlehem. “I’d just like to say,” he told the startled congregation, “that if these men had been my shepherds, I’d have sacked them.”
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