King Charles is expected to make a new hire to honour his late mother (Image: GETTY)
will reportedly make a key new hire to take on very special task to honour his late mother, .
The late monarch was 96 at the time of
During a conversation on ‘s A Right Royal Podcast, royal biographer Robert Hardman said that the King is expected to “appoint an official biographer” who will be instructed to “write the official life of the previous monarch”.
Speaking of , Mr Hardman added: “Well, I’m not sure we will see them. You know, we won’t be able to rummage through them ourselves.
“I very much doubt they’ll be published. But what will happen is, you know, in fairly short order, I would expect, in the next year or two, the King to appoint an official biographer because each monarch appoints an official biographer to write the official life of the previous monarch.”
He added: “Now, obviously, that hasn’t happened for a very long time. The last time was after the death of George VI, when the Queen appointed John Wheeler-Bennett back in the early ’50s to write the life of her father.”
The late Queen appointed a writer to do the same after her late father’s death in 1952.
Mr Hardman said: “Now, obviously, that hasn’t happened for a very long time. The last time was after the death of George VI, when the Queen appointed John Wheeler-Bennett back in the early ‘50s to write the life of her father.”
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Queen Elizabeth died aged 96 in 2022 (Image: GETTY)
The late Queen’s diaries have been kept throughout her 70-year reign and are said to have been a log of daily events – rather than deep reflection.
She will most likely have been aware that her eldest son would appoint a writer to “write her official life” – including the start of her reign in her 20s, until her death aged 96.
A former member of the royal household told back in 2019 that the Queen wrote in her diary with a fountain pen using black ink. She is said to have added to her diary “no matter how late the hour or how weary she may be”. They added: “It is an unmissable duty, and she writes at a desk, never in bed.”