The Queen Mother was known for her extravagant lifestyle (and love of a good gin and Dubonnet), but it seems some royal habits skip generations. Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth, carried a sense of wartime frugality throughout her life, but King Charles shares more in common with his grandmother than may meet the eye.
In her book The Palace Papers, author Tina Brown wrote about The King’s love of the finer things in life as compared to his famously thrifty parents. “The Prince of Wales (now King Charles), unfortunately, chose to emulate his big-spending grandmother, who insisted on living in Edwardian grandeur, maintaining five fully staffed homes,” she penned.
