Prince Charles Reportedly Had ‘Isolated Childhood’ Because Queen, Prince Philip Didn’t Do This

Prince Charles reportedly had an isolated childhood because his parents, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were unable to do one important thing.

In the YouTube documentary “The Madness of Prince Charles,” it was revealed that Prince Charles did not grow up under the care of his parents because they were busy and always traveling.

And even in moments wherein he traveled with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles was left under the care of the royal staff. In 1954, when they went to Gibraltar for a royal tour, Prince Charles and Princess Anne went to see the famous Barbary apes. However, it was their nannies that went with them and not their parents.

At that time, Prince Charles was just 5 years old, and he was allowed to feed the rock’s famous Barbary apes without the supervision of the Queen and Prince Philip.

Other than their inability to spend quality time with Prince Charles, Her Majesty and Prince Philip never made their eldest child feel secure either. In the documentary, psychotherapist Dr. Bruce Rote said that the royal parents never praised their son.

“The best parents praise and love and acknowledge and support and care for their child which gives them the ability to reach their potential,” he said.

The narrator also said that the first five years of a child’s life is very crucial because it could make or break them. But since the Queen and Prince Philip were very busy, they were not there during Prince Charles’ formative years.

Penny Junor, a royal biographer, came to the Queen’s defense by saying that she is certain Her Majesty adored Prince Charles and her other three children.

“But the Queen is a strange woman. She is not enormously tactile… She is really a woman who I think is much more into animals,” she said.

For the Queen, it was better to leave her children with the nannies rather than drag them around the world as such a young age.