Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne who is currently being portrayed with a sort of rough justice in the Netflix series The Crown, has an easier route to the throne today than did, in the 1470s, Richard III, portrayed likely with less justice, if more flair, in Shakespeare’s Richard III. Certainly both aspirants to the throne faced women problems. Richard had to seduce Lady Anne, widow of Henry VI’s son Edward, who Anne knew Richard had killed. Charles, in the 1970s, had an even harder job – finding …

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