Alert – King Charles wants to make Buckingham Palace ‘the People’s Palace’, Martin Bashir makes Prince William’s ‘blood boil’ and Kate is a fan of MailOnline! The revelations from Robert Hardman’s new book

The King has embarked on his vision to modernise the Royal Family including making Buckingham Palace ‘the People’s Palace’, a new book reveals.

The public could have year-round access to the headquarters of the monarchy, once a ten-year restoration programme is complete in 2027.

And ever mindful of his commitment to the environment, Charles also wants to revolutionise its green credentials.

It can be revealed that Buckingham Palace engineers are working on next-generation solar panels, heat exchange pumps beneath the Palace lake and ‘slinky’ heat pipes, according to the book Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story,

Charles is immensely enjoying being King, claims renowned royal author Robert Hardman, whose book has been serialised in the Daily Mail.

The refurbishment project saw the late Queen’s study turned into a building site – but as the workmen have moved from one wing to another, the King is now able to use it again.

Charles is immensely enjoying being King, claims renowned royal author Robert Hardman, whose book has been serialised in the Daily Mail

The King has embarked on his vision to modernise the Royal Family including making Buckingham Palace ‘the People’s Palace’, a new book reveals

It is said to be ‘marginally less cluttered with photographs’ than it used to be but the King shares his late mother’s enthusiasm for the seemingly endless paperwork in the monarch’s red boxes.

They contain official papers from his private secretary. But while Elizabeth II used to receive two different types of red boxes – one of which was a smaller ‘reading box’ – Charles is said to receive mainly the larger ‘standard’ boxes. And several of them each day.

Hardman writes: ‘It is not because there are suddenly more papers for this Head of State, it is that he asks for more information.’

Charles, like his mother, was reluctant to switch his home from Clarence House to Buckingham Palace but fully recognises that the business of monarchy needs to be conducted from the Palace.

He has also resolved that the headquarters of the Head of State must be opened up more to the public – though not to become a seven-day tourist attraction.

The public have been allowed to visit Buckingham Palace during the summers, when the Queen was away at Balmoral, but the new plan would be what one official has dubbed ‘maximum-flexi’.

Charles, like his mother, was reluctant to switch his home from Clarence House to Buckingham Palace

The funds raised from entry fees are used to help maintain royal treasures curated by the Royal Collection Trust. 

The official, quoted in the book, said: ‘When this work finishes in 2027, we will be judged on the amount of public access. 

‘This is going to be ‘the people’s palace’ and the aim is to open it as much as possible throughout the year.’

Hardman’s tome also reveals a series of intimate details about life across the Royal Family…

BASHIR MAKES WILLIAM BOIL

Martin Bashir’s trickery in duping Princess Diana is ‘the one thing that makes [William’s] blood boil’, the book reveals.

Martin Bashir’s trickery in duping Princess Diana is ‘the one thing that makes [William’s] blood boil’, the book reveals

William publicly savaged the BBC for ruining his mother’s life with Bashir’s web of deceit

While the Prince of Wales does not like to be seen as a complainer, the scandal over his mother’s interview riles him.

The rogue BBC Panorama man lied and forged to clinch his 1995 Panorama scoop with the Princess, in which she declared: ‘There were three of us in this marriage.’

After the Dyson Inquiry into the saga, William publicly savaged the BBC for ruining his mother’s life with Bashir’s web of deceit, saying it had worsened her ‘fear, paranoia and isolation’ in her final years.

The prince vowed to continue his battle to uncover ‘the truth’ about how his mother came to be duped with smears to gain her trust.

The book quotes a friend: ‘The one thing which really makes his blood boil is Martin Bashir.’

CROWN IRRITATION

Netflix’s hit series The Crown continues to irritate the royals.

The Prince of Wales ‘rolls his eyes when people say ‘it’s just a drama’,’ reveals a close aide, adding that William ‘knows what they [Netflix] are doing’.

The glossy royal drama – with its reputed £10million-per-episode budget – has gradually been creeping ever closer to the present day, through the childhood of William and Harry and into the 21st century. 

Although its plotlines are fabricated, the royals know much of the world regards the series to be broadly true.

Netflix’s hit series The Crown continues to irritate the royals

The Prince of Wales ‘rolls his eyes when people say ‘it’s just a drama’,’ reveals a close aide

There was particular irritation after Prince Harry said it was ‘loosely based on truth’ not long after it emerged the Sussexes had struck their own deal with the streaming giant.

Like Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Charles is said to have never watched the drama.

THE ‘ROLEX’ JEWELS

The Crown Jewels have nicknames with ‘Rolex’ being the Imperial State Crown which the King wore as he left his Coronation.

The book claims three of the most precious treasures in the collection each have a wrist watch-themed codename.

‘Patek’ is the 5lb St Edward’s Crown which the Archbishop of Canterbury used to crown Charles III and which will not be worn again until the next coronation. ‘Cartier’ is the crown worn by the Queen Consort.

Operation Patek was the exercise to refurbish the crowns ahead of last May’s Coronation.

N0-LUNCH CHARLES 

The King skips lunch as part of his health regime – on the basis ‘it is superfluous if one has had a decent breakfast’, says the book.

The King is said to prefer fish to red meat and would be content to eat nothing but ‘something eggy with spinach’

The monarch’s iron self-discipline when it comes to food and drink is inherited from his parents.

But it can prove ‘challenging’ for organisers of royal visits, who need to factor in refuelling stops for the entourage. 

And during formal lunches, Charles will sit, but not eat, with one house guest observing: ‘It can be a bit disconcerting. 

‘You can be seated next to him, your food arrives and you are expected to tuck in while he sits there with an empty plate.

‘But he’s very nice about it.’

The King is said to prefer fish to red meat and would be content to eat nothing but ‘something eggy with spinach’.

QUEEN SERVES TEA

Despite her frailty, the late Queen insisted US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill sit while she poured them tea.

Despite her frailty, the late Queen insisted US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill sit while she poured them tea

During a visit to Windsor Castle the year before she died, she hosted the American leader and the First lady in her apartment.

Jill recalls: ‘I loved her sense of independence. She had a big teapot. And Joe said to her, ‘Here, let me help you’.

But the Queen had been quite insistent, saying, ‘No, no, no. You sit. I will serve you’.’ 

The occasion fulfilled every American’s picture of a quintessential British tea party, especially when ‘her dogs came in’, added Jill.

Queen Elizabeth II met 14 US Presidents and had ‘such a sense of curiosity’ about American politics, the First Lady recalled.

KATE

Kate is said to be among the tens of millions who get their updates from the Mail’s award-winning news service

The Princess of Wales likes to keep an eye on the Press and, in particular, the website.

Kate is said to be among the tens of millions who get their updates from the Mail’s award-winning news service.

In common with the new Queen, the book says, she keeps abreast of what is in the newspapers – unlike both of their husbands who do not.

is one of the largest English-speaking newspaper sites with 163million browsers.