I trained King Charles for his role as monarch in series of secret meetings, claims David Cameron
DAVID Cameron trained King Charles for his role as monarch in a series of secret meetings, he claimed yesterday.
The ex-Prime Minister held audiences during his time in office with the then Prince of Wales to get him up to speed for the top job.
Mr Cameron said that the now King, like his mother, was a “superb diplomat”, declaring he would be a “very worthy successor” when it came to supporting the Government abroad.
He added that during his premiership his wife, Samantha, always wanted to sit next to Charles at banquets as he was “charming company”.
Mr Cameron also told the BBC letters sent by Charles on subjects such as the environment never tried to influence him improperly and were “entirely justified”.
In one blunder, he revealed he made a fulsome apology after revealing that the Queen “purred” down the phone after Scotland rejected independence after their vote in 2014.
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All of the ex-PMs were present at the Accession Council on Saturday including Boris Johnson, Theresa May, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and John Major.
Mr Cameron, speaking on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show, joked: “I said to Boris it’s the club that no one wants to join and you never get to leave.”
Gordon Brown also revealed that his two children Fraser and John picked up some bad habits from the ex-monarch on one visit.
He said: “We came out into the courtyard and all her Corgis came out with her.
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“And suddenly the first words my children heard from the Queen, talking to her Corgis was, “Shut up.” They couldn’t believe this, in amazement.
“And every time of course we upbraided them in the next few months and said, “You’ve got to behave yourself,” they said, “Even the Queen says shut up, we can say that too.”
Mr Brown added that the royal family will now be more slimmed down similar to a Scandinavian model.