‘Never’: King’s major decision revealed

It’s a bleeding shame that King Charles and Pope Francis won’t be meeting up for a chinwag in Rome next week, because they have so much in common.

You might not think it, given the former is famous for having once fantasised about being his girlfriend’s tampon – something that didn’t impress his wife or the British public – and the latter is a lifelong do-gooder who goes to work wearing slippers and probably thinks Animal Planet is too racy.

But there is plenty that unites the men: They are both doing ancient jobs that they only got very late in their lives, both have had health crises of late and both face major decisions about their futures.

No matter in Rome or London, how long can you be the Bishop of Rome or Lord of the Isles if you are unwell?

The King, at least, has decided on an answer.

The late Queen believed in abdication about as much as she believed in trousers, vegetarian sausage rolls and Fergie’s promises that this was truly the last time she needed to borrow a tenner.

Her late Majesty was never going to do ...
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