King Charles finds the idea of people paying homage to him “abhorrent”, his friend Jonathan Dimbleby has said while seeking to pin the blame for the proposal on the archbishop of Canterbury. Perhaps the most interesting development so far today has been the suggestion from someone close to the king that he does not approve of the idea of the people’s oath, as Harriet Sherwood reports: Read more here: Illustrated children’s biography of King Charles hits No 1 on UK book chart The Mr Men Little Miss series has also published a themed title, The New King. “Interestingly, most of them appear within the children’s market rather than the adult one,” said Philip Stone at Nielsen BookData, the company that publishes the UK book chart. Other coronation-themed titles to sell well last week include the Official Coronation Souvenir Programme, Winnie-the-Pooh Meets the King, and Nicholas Allan’s The King’s Pants, a follow-up to the 1993 book The Queen’s Knickers. It sold 15,786 copies in the seven days to 29 April, overtaking Marian Keyes’ novel Again, Rachel, a sequel to romcom Rachel’s Holiday. The nonfiction book, illustrated by Matt Hunt, is the first of the Little People, Big Dreams series to reach No 1. Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara’s King Charles is part of the Little People, Big Dreams series, which includes illustrated biographies of notable figures such as Stephen Hawking and Michelle Obama. A children’s biography of King Charles III has topped the UK book chart before the coronation on 6 May.
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