01of 08Arthur Edwards"People say he was a cold father, but I never saw it. I always saw him having fun with them," royal photographer Arthur Edwards MBE, author of the new bookBehind the Crown: My Life Photographing the Royal Family,tells PEOPLE. “They were always teasing him, we call it ‘taking the mickey.’ ““We used to go skiing every year with them. The photo call we would start, William had put his arm around his father and his father would tickle his ribs. It was great fun. They were a very strong family,” he says.
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Arthur Edwards
“People say he was a cold father, but I never saw it. I always saw him having fun with them,” royal photographer Arthur Edwards MBE, author of the new bookBehind the Crown: My Life Photographing the Royal Family,tells PEOPLE. “They were always teasing him, we call it ‘taking the mickey.’ "
“We used to go skiing every year with them. The photo call we would start, William had put his arm around his father and his father would tickle his ribs. It was great fun. They were a very strong family,” he says.
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03of 08Arthur EdwardsEdwards was behind the camera for when then-Prince CharlesandPrince Williamheld hands for the walk into St. Mary’s Hospital on the dayPrince Harrywas born in September 1984.
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Edwards was behind the camera for when then-Prince CharlesandPrince Williamheld hands for the walk into St. Mary’s Hospital on the dayPrince Harrywas born in September 1984.
04of 08Arthur EdwardsSee you on the slopes! Charles, William and Harry buckled into ski suits for the annual trip to Klosters, Switzerland in 1994.
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See you on the slopes! Charles, William and Harry buckled into ski suits for the annual trip to Klosters, Switzerland in 1994.
05of 08Arthur EdwardsEdwards speculated in the book that Charles “always regretted” this particular photo moment in 1997, when he and Harry sledded over a chunk of ice, shooting pain through his “well-documented bad back.““I think it will be the last time he tries something like that!” Edwards joked inBehind the Crown.
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Edwards speculated in the book that Charles “always regretted” this particular photo moment in 1997, when he and Harry sledded over a chunk of ice, shooting pain through his “well-documented bad back.”
“I think it will be the last time he tries something like that!” Edwards joked inBehind the Crown.
06of 08Arthur Edwards"The princes were inseparable, solid for one another. They looked so relaxed, having fun together on that summer holiday in Balmoral when I took these photos,” Edwards writes of the shots he got during the royals' summer retreat to the Scottish Highlands in 1997.
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“The princes were inseparable, solid for one another. They looked so relaxed, having fun together on that summer holiday in Balmoral when I took these photos,” Edwards writes of the shots he got during the royals' summer retreat to the Scottish Highlands in 1997.
07of 08Arthur EdwardsCharles, William and Harry all looked towards the same place during a carefree Balmoral day in August 1997.About two weeks later, Princess Diana was tragically killed in a car accident in Paris.
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Charles, William and Harry all looked towards the same place during a carefree Balmoral day in August 1997.
About two weeks later, Princess Diana was tragically killed in a car accident in Paris.
08of 08Arthur EdwardsThe trio stood close together on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the Queen Mother’s 100th birthday celebrations in 2000.
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The trio stood close together on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the Queen Mother’s 100th birthday celebrations in 2000.
source: people.com
