Expert: King Charles' avalanche experience highlights life's fragility
King Charles narrowly escaped death in a 1988 avalanche while skiing in Switzerland, which killed his close friend Major Hugh Lindsay and seriously injured Patti Palmer-Tomkinson. The incident heightened his awareness of life's fragility and had lasting emotional impact, as he helped rescue injured companions and reflected on the danger. The event also posed a constitutional “what-if” scenario, as his death could have made Prince William heir apparent at that time.
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