CHARLES BREAKS DOWN 'I CAN'T DO THIS!'

Self-doubt and mounting pressure have him leaning on the Princess Royal

It should be a time of celebration for King Charles. After all, he turns 74 this week, and is deep in preparation for his historic coronation after waiting an agonisingly long time in the wings to become the monarch.

Instead, Woman’s Day understands that the new King is spending his birthday week reconsidering his future, con ding his fears that he is ultimately “not good enough” for the role to his sister Princess Anne.

ROUGH FEW WEEKS

As his closest sibling in age, 72-year-old Anne has long been Charles’ closest friend – first as children when they were hoodwinking their nannies and playing chase in the gardens at Sandringham, then later as youngsters coping with the eccentricities of their parents and con ding about their love-lives with the only other person they knew they could trust.