If Prince Charles is so smart, how come he has only written a really bad children's book.?

Who says he's smart? He doesn't look it. He doesn't sound it. Devious maybe but he wasn't too smart when he married Diana as she wasn't prepared to be cheated on. She was used as a lamb to the slaughter. Good for her for letting the world know the real person.

He wears top suits

Yanks who confuse the word smart with brain power show Yankity for what it is

He has written many books or forwards to publications:

The Old Man of Lochnagar. Illustrated by Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson, K.C.V.O. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980. Hardcover: ISBN 0-241-10527-7.

A Vision of Britain. Doubleday (1989). ISBN 978-0-385-26903-2.

Rain Forest Lecture. Royal Botanic Gardens (1990). Paperback: ISBN 0-947643-25-7.

HRH the Prince of Wales Watercolours. Little, Brown and Company, (1991). Hardcover: ISBN 0-8212-1881-6.

Co-author

Mary Rose. With Armand Hammer. New York: The Sarpedon Press, eds. Photographs: Pat Baker, Christopher Dobbs, Dominic Fontana, Steve Foote. Illustrations: Tayburn London, Arthur Barbose, Nick Evans, Debby Fulford. Portsmouth: The Mary Rose Trust (1985). ASIN B000FBLSNW.

Architecture & the Environment: HRH The Prince of Wales and the Earth in Balance (Architectural Design Profile). With Andreas C. Papadakis. John Wiley & Sons (1993). Paperback: ISBN 1-85490-143-5.

Highgrove: An Experiment in Organic Gardening and Farming. With Charles Clover, environment editor for The Daily Telegraph, photography by Andrew Lawson. New York City: Simon & Schuster (1993). Hardcover: ISBN 0-671-79177-X.

Portrait of an Estate. With Charles Clover. Photography by Andrew Lawson. London: A. G. Carrick. (1993). ISBN 978-0-7538-0018-8.

Princes As Patrons: The Art Collections of the Princes of Wales from the Renaissance to the Present Day: An Exhibition from the Royal Collection. With Mark Evans, Oliver Millar, National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff. Merrell Holberton (1998). Hardcover: ISBN 1-85894-054-0.

The Parks and Gardens of Cornwall. With Douglas Ellory Pett. Cornwall: Alison Hodge Publishers (1998). Hardcover: ISBN 0-906720-27-3.

Respect for the Earth: Sustainable Development. BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures (2000).[2] With Christopher Patten, et al. London: Profile Books (2000). Paperback: ISBN 978-1-86197-254-5.

The Garden at Highgrove. With Candida Lycett Green. Photography by Andrew Lawson and Christopher Simon Sykes. London: Cassell & Co. (2001). ISBN 978-1-84188-142-3.

Watercolours and Drawings from the Collection of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. With Susan Owens. Royal Collection Enterprises (2005). ISBN 978-1-902163-78-9.

Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World. With Tony Juniper and Ian Skelly. Blue Door. (2010). Hardback: ISBN 978-0-007348-03-9.

Highgrove: A Garden Celebrated. With Bunny Guinness. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. (2013). Hardcover ISBN 978-0-29786-935-1

HRH The Prince of Wales; Juniper, Tony; Shuckburgh, Emily (26 January 2017). Climate Change. illus. Ruth Palmer. London: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8585-5.

Illustrator

Travels with the Prince: Paintings and Drawings Selected by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Imogen Lock, ed. Framlingham: Sheeran Lock (1998). Paperback: ISBN 1-900123-20-7, ISBN 978-1-900123-20-4.

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He had a ghost writer for his kids book. He has written nothing of any consequence. His auto biography might be interesting, but he will never write a truthful account of his life.

He's actually written more than that. His book on his views of British architecture received attention, and that's not his only book for "grown-ups". There's one dealing with environmental issues. He's published articles as well.

The children's book inspired both a film and a ballet.

Charles isn't brilliant by any means, and he tends to be somewhat eccentric, but he's probably the most bookish and well-read member of the royal family. His interests are at least quasi-intellectual, though personally I draw the line at wifty syncretism like Laurens van der Post's.

Since when did clever people have to prove they are that, by writing books!! In any case, provided he isn't totally bonkers, being 'smart' isn't a requirement of being a senior royal (King).

He has written many books, but you won't find them all in the children's section.

Would you consider someone clever who thought Camilla Parker Bowles worthy of wanting to be her tampon?! Why heavens no! The man is obviously not intellectually/mentally suitable to be a children’s book writer, much less our next king!

Who told you that he was smart? They will never go to heaven you know!

He just doesn’t like books, obviously...