King Charles III has views and passions, but his first job is to reform the monarchy’s image | Simon Jenkins

He will be a very different monarch to his mother. He should use that to his and the nation’s advantage

King Charles intends to reign – he would say serve – precisely as did his mother. His entire life has been spent in the shadow of her performance, and he has been tutored at every turn in the role of the occupant of the throne. He knows that the nation has regarded the Queen as the apotheosis of constitutional monarchy. His is unlikely to be a long reign, and he will not want to betray his moth...