King Charles Attached To Teddy Bear, Made Valet Look After It When He Was In His 40s: Book

King Charles treasured his childhood teddy bear so much that he kept it well into adulthood, according to a new biography of the British monarch.

Royal biographer Christopher Andersen claimed in his new book, "The King: The Life of Charles III," that King Charles was attached to a stuffed toy he received when he was a child and made sure it was taken care of even when he was in his 40s, Page Six reported. International Business Times could not independently verify the book's claims.

The then-Prince of Wales assigned his former trusted valet, Michael Fawcett, with the task of caring for his teddy bear when the royal was in his 40s, according to the book.

Whenever the toy needed mending, Charles' former nanny, Mabel Anderson, was brought out of retirement to repair it, the author claimed.

The retired nanny "was the only human being allowed to take needle and thread to Prince Charles' teddy bear. He was well into his forties, and every time that teddy needed to be repaired, you would think it was his own child having major surgery," Andersen wrote in his book, citing an unnamed former valet.

These claims came nearly two years after former royal protection officer Paul Page claimed in a documentary that King Charles' younger brother Prince Andrew kept a collection of dozens of teddy bears in his Buckingham Palace bedroom.

After the ITV documentary aired, Charlotte Briggs, a former maid at Buckingham Palace, shared more details about Prince Andrew's 72 soft toys, claiming that it took a full day of training for new staff to care for them — and an hour each day to arrange them for the adult royal.

"As soon as I got the job, I was told about the teddies and it was drilled into me how he wanted them," Briggs claimed to The Sun. "I even had a day's training. Everything had to be just right. It was so peculiar."

Briggs found it "odd" because Prince Andrew, who was 36 when she began working as a palace maid, "was a grown man who had served in Falklands." She claimed that the royal "absolutely loved the ­teddies and was very clear about how he wanted them arranged."

"It took me half an hour to arrange them," she claimed, adding that it was the "most bizarre thing to be paid for."

Elsewhere in Andersen's book, the biographer touched on King Charles' alleged "temper tantrums."

Another former valet, Ken Stronach — who was in charge of hand-washing the royal's underwear and tucking him into bed with his beloved teddy — claimed in the book to have seen Charles grabbing a heavy wooden bootjack and throwing it at Princess Diana during an argument, narrowly missing her head.

The author also alleged that Charles once flew "into a blind rage" and grabbed Stronach by the throat after the royal accidentally lost one of his cufflinks down a bathroom sink.

Charles' tight social circle was also not spared from his alleged temper, according to the book.

"Once, while a guest at a friend's country home, Charles wanted some fresh air," Andersen wrote, according to Page Six. "Unable to open the window, he picked up a chair and smashed it open. Not satisfied with the results, he smashed another."

"You have to understand. The prince is accustomed to getting what he wants. And he wanted some fresh air," Stronach noted in the book.

"The King: The Life of Charles III" will hit shelves on Nov. 8.