Three princes. Two spares. One liability: from left, Andrew, Charles, and Edward in 1969. The King always knew his reign would be short—but he could never have imagined that the entire monarchy would be threatened by his own brother By Stephen Bates London fashion week was probably the last public place King Charles III wanted to be on Thursday, admiring the suits and costumes that no one he knows would dream of buying, and making light conversation with designers he would have difficulty recognizing at a royal garden party. Charles must have been contemplating the crumbling of all his plans and hopes for his reign. He always knew it would be short, even before his cancer diagnosis, but he probably never thought it would be upended by the alleged behavior of his own brother.Thursday was the most consequential and damaging READ ON