A renaissance king takes to the throne in a challenging age

By Richard Steer2023-05-04T06:00:00

King Charles III is the new head of a diverse and divided state but he has significant strengths and his support for the built environment is welcome, writes Richard Steer of Gleeds

King Charles III has a nice ring to it – as does the fact that we are entering the new Carolean age. One can only hope that the new King Charles fairs better than his predecessor Charles I, an arrogant, deceitful, and delusional monarch who ended up causing a disastrous civil war and being beheaded.

Charles II was, by all accounts, a more thoughtful and astute man nicknamed the “merry monarch” who, like the current king, had a fascination for science, botany, medicine, gardening – becoming the first president of the Royal Society.

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