I have tremendous respect for the Queen, as well. (I hear the sound of my Irish ancestors spinning in their graves.)
My opinion on Charles has evolved, however, as a result of input from an Australian FReeper, naturalman1975, who knows the Prince from school. Our FReeper says that most of what we think we know of Charles is a result of what the UK press presents to us. He said that it is distorted much as the coverage of Trump is distorted. NM1975 says that Charles is misguided, however, in the area of Global Warming.
I hope I got this right, naturalman1975.
Charles has said that when he becomes King he will shut up and no longer make speeches on political topics as he has done. If and that’s a very big if he holds himself to that he’ll be fine. Not sure I would take any bets on this though.
The Prince of Wales is no towering intellect - but he's not stupid and I believe he'll do his duty well when it falls to him whether that is as Regent first, and then King, or simply as King.
He's a decent man with a decent brain and a decent education. He's nothing special except for the accident of birth that puts him in this role - but he'll do it as well as he can.