King Charles wants to turn Buckingham Palace into 'the People's Palace', Martin Bashir makes Prince William's blood 'boil' and Kate is a fan of MailOnline! The revelations from Robert Hardman's new book

The king has begun his vision to modernize the royal family and turn Buckingham Palace into 'the People's Palace', a new book has revealed.

The public could have year-round access to the monarchy's headquarters once a 10-year restoration program is completed in 2027.

And Charles is always aware of his commitment to the environment and also wants to revolutionize his green reputation.

It can be revealed that Buckingham Palace engineers are working on the next generation of solar panels, heat exchanger pumps under Palace Lake and 'slinky' heat pipes, according to the book Charles III: New King. New Court. The story from within,

Charles is thoroughly enjoying being king, claims renowned royal author Robert Hardman, whose book has appeared in the Daily Mail.

During the renovation project, the late Queen's study was turned into a building site, but now that workmen have moved from one wing to the other, the King can now use it again.

It is said to be 'slightly less full of photographs' than it used to be, but the king shares his late mother's enthusiasm for the seemingly endless paperwork in the monarch's red boxes.

They contain official papers from his private secretary. But while Elizabeth II used to receive two different types of red boxes – one of which was a smaller 'reading box' – Charles would mainly receive the larger 'standard' boxes. And there are several every day.

Hardman writes: 'It is not because there are suddenly more papers for this head of state, it is that he is asking for more information.'

Charles, like his mother, was reluctant to move his home from Clarence House to Buckingham Palace, but he fully recognizes that the affairs of the monarchy must be conducted from the palace.

He has also decided that the head of state's headquarters should be made more open to the public, but that it should not become a seven-day tourist attraction.

The public would be allowed to visit Buckingham Palace during the summers when the Queen was away at Balmoral, but the new plan would be what one official has called 'maximum flexi'.

The money raised from entry fees is used to help preserve royal treasures, curated by the Royal Collection Trust.

The official, quoted in the book, said: 'When this work is completed in 2027, we will be judged on the level of public access.

'This will be 'the people's palace' and the aim is to open it as much as possible all year round.'

Hardman's tome also reveals a series of intimate details about life within the royal family…

BASHIR MAKES WILLIAM COOK

Martin Bashir's deception in misleading Princess Diana is 'the only thing that makes [William’s] blood boils,” the book reveals.

Although the Prince of Wales does not like to be seen as a complainer, the scandal over his mother's interview is making him angry.

The rogue BBC Panorama man lied and falsified to land his 1995 Panorama scoop with the princess, in which she declared: 'There were three of us in this marriage.'

Following the Dyson inquiry into the saga, William publicly castigated the BBC for destroying his mother's life with Bashir's web of deceit, saying it had exacerbated her “anxiety, paranoia and isolation” in her final years.

The prince vowed to continue his fight to discover 'the truth' about how his mother was deceived with slander to gain her trust.

The book quotes a friend: “The only thing that really makes his blood boil is Martin Bashir.”

CROWN IRRITATION

Netflix's hit series The Crown continues to irritate the royal family.

The Prince of Wales “rolls his eyes when people say 'it's just drama',” a close aide reveals, adding that William “knows what they're doing.” [Netflix] are doing'.

The glossy royal drama – with its famed £10 million per episode budget – has gradually moved closer to the present, through William and Harry's childhoods and into the 21st century.

Although the storylines are fictional, the royal family knows that much of the world sees the series as broadly true.

There was particular irritation after Prince Harry said it was 'loosely based on the truth', not long after it emerged that the Sussexes had struck their own deal with the streaming giant.

Like Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Charles would never have seen the drama.

THE 'ROLEX' JEWELRY

The Crown Jewels have nicknames with 'Rolex' being the Imperial State Crown worn by the King as he left his coronation.

The book claims that three of the most precious treasures in the collection each have a wristwatch-themed code name.

'Patek' is the 5lb St Edward's Crown which the Archbishop of Canterbury used to crown Charles III and which will not be worn again until the next coronation. 'Cartier' is the crown worn by the Queen Consort.

Operation Patek was an exercise to renovate the crowns ahead of last May's coronation.

NO LUNCH CHARLES

The king skips lunch as part of his health regimen – because “it's unnecessary if you've had a decent breakfast,” according to the book.

The monarch's iron self-discipline when it comes to food and drink was inherited from his parents.

But it could prove 'challenging' for organizers of royal visits, who have to factor in fuel stops for the entourage.

And at formal lunches, Charles sits but doesn't eat, with a house guest commenting, “It can be a little unsettling.”

“You get to sit next to him, your food arrives, and you're expected to fall asleep while he sits there with an empty plate.

“But he's very nice about it.”

It is said that the king prefers fish to red meat and would only like to eat 'something with eggs and spinach'.

QUEEN SERVES TEA

Despite her weakness, the late queen insisted that US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill sit down as she poured them tea.

During a visit to Windsor Castle the year before she died, she hosted the US leader and the First Lady in her apartment.

Jill recalls, “I loved her sense of independence. She had a large teapot. And Joe said to her, “Here, let me help you.”

But the queen had been very persistent and had said, 'No, no, no. You sit. I will serve you.”

The occasion fulfilled every American's image of a quintessential British tea party, especially when “her dogs came in,” Jill added.

Queen Elizabeth II met with 14 U.S. presidents and had “such a sense of curiosity” about American politics, the First Lady recalled.

MAILONLINE KATE

The Princess of Wales likes to keep an eye on the press and especially the MailOnline website.

Kate is said to be among the tens of millions who get their updates from the award-winning Mail news service.

Like the new queen, the book says, she keeps abreast of what's in the newspapers – unlike both their husbands who do not.

MailOnline is one of the largest English-language newspaper sites with 163 million browsers.