ALL the events and TV programmes centring on Prince Charles’ 60th birthday may have shown his human side. But, more than anything else, they revealed what a sensible decision the Queen took in not standing down in his favour.

He may well be a nice, well-intentioned man who enjoys helping people, but he still doesn’t come across as the right stoic material to be King. Nor does the public seem any more inclined these days to accept a Queen Camilla.