The so-called “Man in the Iron Mask” was a political prisoner in 17th-century France. The French State kept his identity hidden. Voltaire once suggested that he was illegitimate elder brother of Louis the 14th. It was a mystery that was never solved.
To what extent today is Charles Windsor a prisoner of the duties and public responsibilities that come with being the king of England, thereby masking his own true soul?
The British Royal Family are often not the subject of deep sympathy by many onlookers. But although they are fabulously wealthy and privileged beyond any other family, the price they pay for it comes in a form of captivity.
