It wasnвЂ™t until the end of the 1990s that the Prince's reputation began to pull out of its nosedive. However, enthusiasm for вЂњKingВ CharlesвЂќ plummeted soon afterwards, probably due to the public breakdown of his marriage to Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1992 amid allegations of infidelity. Surveys have consistently suggested the public is not keen on the idea ofВ CharlesВ as king or his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, as queen.ДЄs our graphic shows, support for the Queen abdicating peaked in 1990, when almost half of the country were keen to see her pass on the reins of power. What does the public think of PrinceВ CharlesВ as king? However, a book published in 2018 by royal correspondent Robert Jobson has suggested the Queen will in fact stand aside in three yearsвЂ™ time, letting her son take over as Prince Regent while she is still alive.Д¬larence House, the official residence of the Prince of Wales, has made no comment, but bookies are offering odds as short as 2/1 that the Queen will step down next year, the Daily Express reports. Sarah Bradford, the author of Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Our Times, says: вЂњThe Queen simply feels she must do her duty and sheвЂ™s never even contemplated abdication.вЂќ Those close to the monarch, however, say she would never consider giving up the throne. If she were to relinquish her position, the Queen would follow Juan Carlos of Spain, who abdicated in June 2014, as well as the last three queens of the Netherlands, who all stepped aside in their 70s. Her uncle, Edward VIII, famously abdicated in 1936 in order to marry US divorcee Wallis Simpson, making his brother, the QueenвЂ™s father, King George VI. Would the Queen ever step down?Д¬onstitutionally, there is nothing to prevent Queen Elizabeth, who became the UKвЂ™s longest-reigning monarch in September 2016, from stepping down. Now 70, the prince has been heir to the throne since 1951 following the death of his grandfather King George VI, making him the oldest and longest serving Prince of Wales in British history.Д«ut with the queen now well into her 90s and looking to pull back from some of her royal commitments, questions continue to grow about whether she will abdicate and pass the crown on to her son while she is still alive. The Queen was joined by other members of the royal family, celebrities and representatives of the princeвЂ™s charity work to celebrate what the Archbishop of Canterbury called his вЂњtireless workвЂќ and вЂњsacred duty of serviceвЂќ for more than half a century.Д¬harlesВ became Prince of Wales at the age of nine in 1958 and was formally invested with the title by the Queen on 1 July 1969 at Caernarfon Castle. Where is Prince Harry and Meghan MarkleвЂ™s royal baby in line to the throne?.Meghan Markle: what to expect from her life as a royal.

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