King Charles III
The Steward
Legacy, values and the long now, leadership as care and continuity.
King Charles III embodies The Steward, a leader whose authority rests on custodianship sustained over decades. His environmental advocacy, the organic farming experiment at Highgrove, and the long record of The Prince's Trust all express one conviction, that leadership means answering to future generations.
“And me, Alistair Campbell. We've got a lot to get through today, Rory. We're going to talk about the coronation of your friend, the King. We're going to talk about the energy crisis across Europe and particularly something that you've been picking up about worries in Germany.”
“School, which everything I've ever heard and read tells me he absolutely loathed, and yet that too came and went in a flash with him sort of saying, you know, it was very character building and it was very this and that and the other.”
“I do think there's something quite strange about our relationship with the royal family. And also, the reason why I think this thing has slightly backfired, it goes back to the point you made about people don't like being told that they have to do something.”
“They're not my books. I'm in a books, I'm in the stockroom of a bookstore where once we've recorded the podcast, I'm going to sign, I think it's about 700 books that rest his politics listeners have asked for personal dedications. I will have RSI by the end of the day.”
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