In an age of cynicism, climate breakdown and Waitrose ‘essential’ low-fat guacamole, words such as ‘duty’ can often appear anachronistic. Or at least best left to Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.
But watching King Charles solemnly walk behind his mother’s coffin, after nearly a week of non-stop activity involving a tour of the devolved nations and countless unseen obligations, it is hard not to respect the effort.
