LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Charles, the heir to Britain's heir apparent, will face a battle to win the support of the British and may endanger the property itself if he does not calm down his sharp views when he eventually becomes a king, one of the royal family's authors said.
Charles, who will be in his 70s next week, will be the biggest monarch crowned when his mother succeeds Queen Elizabeth, 92.
Tom Bauer, who published his book "The Rebellious Prince," an unauthenticated biography of Prince Charles, said earlier this year that the prince was intelligent, kind and sensitive, but selfish, ungrateful and loving to life.
"I think Charles will try hard to be a good king," said Bauer, who describes himself as a committed supporter of the property.
"The question will be how he will act, will he abandon many of his qualities that have emerged over the past 20 or 30 years.
"I think the Queen and her (husband) Prince Philip are grateful that they lived all this age to prevent their son from taking the throne, because it would threaten the whole thing."
This image of the prince is not new. Since the collapse of his marriage to Princess Diana in public in the 1990s, his lifestyle and views on many issues, such as climate change, religion, alternative medicine and architecture, have not received much unpopular treatment.
"I remember when I was a teenager how I felt very depressed about this horrible demolition in every aspect of life," Charles said in an interview in an interview published by Vanity Fair this month.
"When I raise my head on the balcony in all these cases, trying to remind people of their long-term or uncontrolled significance for the time of our human experience - not to mention trying to do something about it - I find myself in conflict with traditional expectations, which I discovered is not the best situation you can find yourself in it".
"The prince is committed to issues such as protecting the environment, but he is a person who does not accept criticism," said Bauer, whose biography was based on interviews with 120 people, including some who worked closely with the royal family.
"He is keen to criticize others, but he can not bear to challenge those who challenge him."
"He is a person who, without a doubt, wants to do a good job, but he does not understand that the consequences of many of his actions cause many problems and he does not want anyone to tell him he might be doing something wrong."
Former aides who worked closely with Charles say many of the stories in Bauer's book are simply not true. The Prince himself denied a story about his travel, taking his toilet seat with him.
Bauer says that Charles, rebelling against his parents, said that ending his relationship with Diana and announcing his relationship with his second wife Camilla were part of the rebellion.
"He has a vision of the world and wants to impose it ... so he in all ways does not meet expectations and that makes him a rebel."
"I think if he becomes a rebel king, the property will be in danger and I think this is a big problem we face."
