A Report Card on King Charles’s First Year as Monarch, According to Tina Brown

It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year sinceKing Charles, 74,ascended the throneafter his mother,Queen Elizabeth II, passed away at the age of 96. And yet, here we are living in this new era of reign that, in many ways, still feels new to a lot of people. So, how did King Charles handle hisfirst year as monarch?

On a recent episode ofRoyally Obsessed, podcast co-hostsRoberta FioritoandRachel Bowiechatted with journalist and royal expertTina Brown, who has written novels about theBritish royal family(such asThe Diana ChroniclesandThe Palace Papers).

The king’s first year certainly wasn’t an easy one. With the release of Prince Harry’sbombshell memoir,Spare, as well as the premiere of the explosive Netflix docuseries,Harry & Meghan, King Charles experienced a whirlwind of change.

Despite the chaos, Brown admitted that the royal family handled everything “flawlessly.” She continued, “That could have thrown the whole story again. But, the [royal family] made the decision to keep going, come out in force, do your public service and everything will calm down. And they did it.”