Our monarch celebrates his milestone birthday with the launch of a food-poverty campaign. King Charles’s choice to continue his royal work on his birthday. Why he’s in a rush to ‘make up for lost time’. The Standard’s Robert Dex describes how the King celebrated his birthday, and columnist Melanie McDonagh discusses how King Charles has featured on the Evening Standard front pages over the years. In this episode:

• The King’s ‘fascinating’ work examined
• His relationship with Prince Harry
• Will Charles pass the environmental campaign baton to Prince William? 
• Charles’s ‘awkward’ look on becoming a young Prince
• Today’s front page cover explained

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