Close: Prince Charles and butler Michael Fawcett. People quoted in the book report 'bruising experiences' with Fawcett Rampant feuding, squabbling and backstabbing among Prince Charles’s courtiers has seen the heir’s household nicknamed Wolf Hall. Biographer Catherine Mayer said a ‘former householder’ made the comparison to ‘the treacherous and opportunistic world depicted by Hilary Mantel in her fictionalised account of the rise of Thomas Cromwell under Henry VIII’. The author claims that Clarence House has ‘glaring systemic weaknesses’ and is riven by intense rivalries between several staff factions. ‘It is hard to know who can be trusted, and criticism can send the prince into despair,’ she adds.
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Rampant feuding sees Prince Charles' household nicknamed Wolf Hall
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The claim was made by former householder, according to Catherine Mayer
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Ms Mayer has authored new Charles biography to be released next month
On one occasion, the divisions reportedly led to the collapse of a multi-million-pound deal to base all of @placeholder’s charities in one site.