King Charles’ friend lifts lid on the royal’s bizarre bedtime habit

The British monarch has a bedtime routine that some royal fans may find unexpected - especially given his hectic schedule.

A friend of King Charles has revealed some surprising details about the monarch’s habits when he’s at home at the palace.

Charles, who became King last year following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, is apparently quite the night owl.

King Charles III reportedly isn’t much of a fun of getting a good night’s sleep, according to his close friend. Photo by Adrian Dennis/AFP

Actress Sophie Winkleman — who is married to Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of the late Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin Prince Michael of Kent — has now shed some light on the 75-year-old sovereign’s habits.

Winkleman, who describes the monarch as a “very dear friend”, claimed that he barely gets any sleep at night.

“I spend a bit of time with him,” she told Tatler, going on to reveal that Charles regularly stays up until the sun is close to rising.

She continued: “You see how he works all day long, has a quick supper and then disappears until about 4am to write letters. He cares about so many things, and he comes up with brilliant solutions.”

She added that she’s “really good friends with all” members of the royal family, calling them “fun, clever, kind people” when they are “behind the camera.”

“I love Sophie Edinburgh, Sarah Chatto, Zara, the York girls, Tim and Princess Anne, Fergie, all the Kents and Gloucesters,” said the actress. “I love Kate and William, but they’re so busy and don’t live in London, so I don’t see them much.”

Meanwhile, Charles’ sleeping pattern will work perfectly for the royal when he reportedly heads over to Australia next year with his wife, Queen Camilla.

Charles and Queen Camilla will reportedly land in Australia at some point next year for a royal visit. Picture: Stephen Pond/Getty Images.

King Charles is planning to visit Australia and New Zealand in October,” a diplomatic source told the Sydney Morning Herald earlier this month.

The visit, which is expected to coincide with the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa next year, will also mark the royal couple’s first time in Australia since 2018. CHOGM is a week-long event, held every two years, and involves 56 developed and developing nations including Australia, Malaysia, Rwanda, India, Jamaica, Canada and New Zealand.

“It would be next October, it’s very possible it will happen. It would be around the time of CHOGM that he would come, either before or after, that would make sense,” the government source told the publication.