King Charles has revealed one of his biggest regrets in life: he and his sister Princess Anne never got to visit Butlin's holiday camps as children. The King, who celebrated his 78th birthday yesterday, has told the story several times, according to a friend who spoke to the Sunday Times.
A Childhood Dream Unfulfilled
A friend of the King's told the Sunday Times: "One of the King's funniest stories that he's told a few times and it's whenever you get him on to his list of regrets of things he hasn't done is that he's never been to Butlin's, and that he and Princess Anne never went as children."
They added: "He asked the Queen and Prince Philip many times if he and Anne could go on holiday to Butlin's as children, and he tells how the Queen would always say: 'I don't quite think we will be able to manage that.'"
Royal Holiday Traditions
The King reportedly laughed at how disappointed he and his sister were at the news that they would be unable to go. The Royal Family usually take their holidays at Sandringham, in Norfolk, or Balmoral, in Scotland, where they own residences.
