King Charles reportedly angered Richard Heaton, the former Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office, when he shared his worries that the then Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's first child could be a girl, which was coinciding with the Succession to the Crown Bill. The incident has come to light Valentine Low's new political book, Power and the Palace ; Low was royal correspondent for The Times between 2008 and 2023 and his new book is being serialised in the national newspaper ahead of its publication on 11 September.

In the book, Valentine writes that in 2012, Charles, who was then the Prince of Wales, invited Richard to Clarence House, supposedly to talk about the prince's charities and their relations with the government. However, Charles then started asking about the Successi

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