Royal staffer says only one person can say no to King Charles

A former royal insider has revealed the identity of the only person in the entire Royal Family who can tell King Charles “no” and it’s someone much closer to him than many may expect.

Paul Burrell, who worked inside the royal household for decades, claims that Queen Camilla is the one individual capable of challenging the monarch.

In his new book, The Royal Insider: My Life with the Queen, the King and Princess Diana, he describes Camilla as the King’s immovable anchor.

"Charles has always lived in a world where all his household and staff bow and call him 'Your Royal Highness.' Now, of course, it is 'Your Majesty.' Nobody says no. If you do, you're out. He lives in a gilded bubble and is served whatever he wants, whenever he wants, and by whom he wants."

"The only person who can say 'no' is Camilla. She is and always will be a non-negotiable. Perhaps her no-nonsense approach is what Charles needs. She's the steady hand on the tiller of the royal ship now, like it or not. She is at the helm,” he wrote.

“She rarely asks for anything but is given everything and now has the ultimate position as queen."

Burrell also revealed that despite ascending to the throne, Charles’s personal routines remain virtually unchanged: "His routines have never changed. His toothpaste is squeezed onto his toothbrush every morning, and he uses a silver key which winds down the tube to avoid any waste.”

"His pyjamas are laundered or pressed every day, the drawstring tapes pressed flat like his shoelaces. He, again like his father, likes his dress shoes to be 'spit-and-polished' to a mirror finish."

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